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[Duane Hill]

On Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 12:03:47 PM, Jeff confabulated:

> On 12/09/06, Duane Hill <d.hill at yournetplus.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 11:29:31 AM, Jeff confabulated:
>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The base system doesn't include X Windows.
>> >> _____________________________________
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>>
>> > Right, I was thinking of NetBSD. X Window System is a FreeBSD port (so
>> it
>> > must be installed as a package from sysinstall).
>>
>> Shouldn't you also be able to:
>>
>>   cd /usr/ports/x11; make install clean
>>
>> --

> That sentence was intended not to mean "you have to install XWS as a package
> from sysinstall" but "It must be the case that sysinstall installs it as a
> package built from ports".

I  wasn't  for  sure  as I don't install many things using sysinstall.
Thanks for clarifying.

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