Subject: Re: Installing an application - newbie question?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Christoph Leuzinger <chris+ml@westworks.ch>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/04/2005 10:45:25
Am 04.07.2005 05:16 schrieb Chris:
> John Niven wrote:
>> Now this is going to appear even dumber!! It stopped compiling. What
>> do
>> I do now? I tried "pkg_info" and it lists firefox-1.0.4, but how do I
>> start it?
Just type /usr/pkg/bin/firefox
>> Where would it be installed on my system.
The default is to install all packages under the /usr/pkg prefix.
> type
> rehash
>
> then
> which firefox
This only works if you've got /usr/pkg/bin in your $PATH.
You might want to read the nice documentation ("The pkgsrc guide") at
<http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/>.
Cheers,
Christoph