no /usr/ports directory

From: Aryan Ameri (public_at_aryanameri.com)
Date: 02/05/05

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    To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
    Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 12:38:38 +0200
    
    

    Hi there,

    New to FreeBSD and this is my first message to a BSD mailing list. Hope
    to learn a lot from you guys.

    I am reading the Handbook and chapter 4 which deals with packages and
    ports repeatedly refers to the /usr/ports directory. The problem is
    that I don't have this directory on my system. I am using FreeBSD 5.3
    on a x86 machine. A simple google and browing the archives of this list
    didn't bear much fruit. Have I missed something during the
    installation?

    Cheers

    -- 
    /* Only the dead have seen the end of war 
     -- Plato */
     
    Aryan Ameri
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