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diff --git a/software/freebsd-packages b/software/freebsd-packages index e61ce02..c58bea4 100644 --- a/software/freebsd-packages +++ b/software/freebsd-packages @@ -49,4 +49,15 @@ The following are large and/or "optional":: The following are added by download:: java ("Diablo Latte" jdk from FreeBSD Foundation) - + +Bulk Installation +----------------- + +``pkg_add`` will fail with a ``getcwd`` error if you try to install many +packages with the same command. Instead, once you have ``bash`` installed, +you want to do something like:: + + $ for i in `echo vim screen python blah blah blah`; do pkg_add -r $i; done + +Note that with many packages it's almost impossible to avoid installing X +windows; I think there's a flag for this somewhere. |