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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/packages b/distrib/notes/packages
index fe6a268dedd..7064df3be78 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/packages
+++ b/distrib/notes/packages
@@ -30,20 +30,22 @@ Installing applications from the the CD-ROM package collection:
i386 sparc amiga m68k alpha mips
emacs-20.2 yes yes no yes yes no
- bash-2.01.1 yes yes no yes yes no
- tcsh-6.07.02 yes yes no yes yes no
+ bash-2.01.1 yes yes yes yes yes no
+ tcsh-6.07.02 yes yes yes yes yes no
pine-3.96 yes yes no yes yes no
(the amiga is treated specially due to its 8k hardware pagesize
aka NBPG, it's very well possible amiga will run the other m68k
- arch's binaries, but we make no guarantees at this point).
+ arch's binaries, but we make no guarantees at this point,
+ better safe than sorry).
To install one or more of these packages you must
1) become the superuser (root)
2) mount CD-ROM number 2
3) use the ``pkg_add'' command to install the software
- Example:
+ Example (in which we use su(1) to get superuser privileges, thus
+ you have to be in group "wheel", see the manual page for su(1)).
$ su
Password: <enter your root password>