[NCLUG] FreeBSD versus Linux?

[Alan Silverstein]

Thanks John and Chris.

> The package is available here:
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-stable/All/mailx-0.5.tgz
> .

I did find that, but dunno what a *.tgz is, so I didn't try it.  Later I
found a tar.gz, but the hyperlink was broken, in fact so were all the
ones I tried on the same page...

Hey, is *.tgz shorthand for a gzipped tarchive?  I'll have to try that.

> Alternatively, mailx is in the ports tree, so you should be able to cd
> into /ports/mail/mailx and do a 'make' then 'make install' to install
> it.

What is a "ports tree"?  I can only guess.  :-)

My ISP sez, "we don't have any source around."  Which leaves me
wondering how they built and maintain their FreeBSD system.  Well,
otherwise I generally like FRII.

Regards,
Alan Silverstein