Web browsing usage from base

Glen Barber gjb at FreeBSD.org
Thu Apr 3 05:42:28 UTC 2014


On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 10:36:31PM -0700, Eitan Adler wrote:
> 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.
> 

The OP did not ask "how do I install something to browse web pages?".

Glen

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