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Old 26th February 2012
daemonfowl daemonfowl is offline
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Hi Npumcrisz !
I'm a newbie like you but I can help ... :-)

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*I don't know how to get access to the port/package collection!
the OpenBSD Team encourage the use of packages rather than ports
Quote:
IMPORTANT NOTE: The ports tree is meant for advanced users. Everyone is encouraged to use the pre-compiled binary packages
choose the closest mirror from ftplist .. here
http://openbsd.org/ftp.html#ftp
if you are in n Germany for instance , do this :
Code:
  $ export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.spline.de/pub/OpenBSD/5.0/packages/'machine -a'/
then .. to install bash , for example ..
Code:
$ sudo pkg_add bash
you can make the PKG_PATH permanent by putting it in your ~/.profile

Last edited by daemonfowl; 27th February 2012 at 12:18 PM.
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