> : I thought then I might use the packages system to install KDE and
> : mozilla. So I've downloaded all the packages, but now it seems that
> : I need the complete source too? Is that right?, if so, it's a long
> : time on a 33.6modem?. Also, if you do need the source, why use the
> : packages system at all, why not just build it from source? Why can't
> : I just install precompiled binaries?
> 
> You can install precompiled binaries if they are available for the package
> in question.  Either browse the packages list on www.netbsd.org or use your
> FTP client to look through the binary tree at
> ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD/packages/binaries/1.4/
> ...

So I can install the binaries without the source then? I'm attempting
KDE at the moment, having downloaded all the KDE packages, Mesa,
gdbm,giflib,jpeg,png,qwspritefield,tiff,uulib and xpm. It's just
that the package documentation mentions a 'gotcha' in the form of
requiring the source to be downloaded too???

Thanks,
 

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