7 How to get more packages (for the FTP install only)

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The rest of the packages are available via ftp, but they are not tarred up like the base is for ftp install. You will have to do some playing to get them to your system still unless you have ethernet to your PC. With the base system, you get basic networking, but no ppp, slip, or sz/rz package. At least at first, if you want more software, you'll probably need to get the packages the same way you got your distribution. To find out what you need to get, do the following:

• FTP to the place you got your distribution
• cd into the directory where the distribution is and then cd into rpps.
• Do an mget *.ser and grab all the series files that look like they might contain things you want.
• Exit FTP (or just escape back) and check out the series files. Here is an example one (42comm.ser):

  Comm
  Communications Software
  3577480
  This series contains packages used for
  communications (most of which is over a serial
  line).
  XXX
  efax                    0.6a    bin     87573   5
  samba                   1.9.00  bin     625074  15
  lrzsz                   0.12a   bin     78889   24
  minicom                 1.68    bin     165290  7
  seyon                   2.14c   bin     214991  5
  term                    2.0.4   bin     280106  26
  uucp                    1.05    bin     1041710 23
  cmu-snmp                2.1.2l2 bin     1083847 17
  

  From these, you can find the names of the packages you want to FTP. For example, if you want minicom, the name of the file you want is minicom-1.68-bin.rpp.
• Then go ftp the rpps you need. Once downloaded, just do:

  rpp-install filename.rpp.

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