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Re: Ports without a network.

From: Alexander Hall (alexanderbeard.se)
Date: Thu Sep 02 2004 - 13:23:00 CDT


From: "R. Clayton" <rclaytonmonmouth.edu>
> I would like to install the opera browser on a 3.5 laptop with no network
> connections. As far as I can tell, there is no opera package, which
throws me
> back to ports. My reading of the documentation suggests to me that ports
won't
> work without a network.
>
> The laptop has a floppy and a cd reader, and I can cut floppies and cds
(it
> also has a modem port, but I have no dial-up). At one point I had a
> serial-line network between it and a linux machine, but that was when the
> laptop was running debian. If necessary, I can install openbsd on an
networked
> machine.
>
> What's the best way to install opera on my laptop?

Building the package (and any dependencies) on another computer and
burning them to a cd...?

/Alexander