At 3:44 PM +0000 12/24/03, Gilbert Fernandes wrote:
>
>grab the following files :
>
>base.tgz
>comp.tgz
>etc.tgz
>games.tgz
>man.tgz
>misc.tgz
>text.tgz
>
>and if you use x window, get those too :
>
>xbase.tgz
>xcomp.tgz
>xcontrib.tgz
>xfont.tgz
>xmisc.tgz
>xserver.tgz
>
>move all those tgz files to / and
>then it's just using tar zxpf
>(use tar zxpfv if you want it verbose,
>and see files name scrolling on screen)

I would suggest adding --unlink to the arguments as well unless 
you're running in single-user mode. :)

HTH
Mike
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