Web browsing usage from base

Eitan Adler lists at eitanadler.com
Thu Apr 3 05:37:04 UTC 2014


On 2 April 2014 22:34, Glen Barber <gjb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 10:31:34PM -0700, Eitan Adler wrote:
>> On 2 April 2014 09:02, Brian Kim <briansan24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Would anyone like to share their best approach to browsing the
>> > web only using utilities from a base install?
>>
>> $pkg install firefox
>> $firefox
>>
>> seems to work (provided X is running).
>>
>
> I think you did not read the question.

pkg [bootstrap] is in base.

IMHO relying on "only tools in base" is generally the way to having a
bad time.  If you need a tool to do something, install it.


-- 
Eitan Adler


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