On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, j blank wrote:

> hello list... after a couple of false starts, i finally managed to get 1.3.3
> installed on my computer, but i'm having trouble installing one program, and
> compiling another.

Try the easy way, using the package system! Download and install
pkgsrc.tar.gz for making your own binaries, and if you want to install
an already compiled tarball, use `pkg_add'. Start by reading
<http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html>.