NOTES ON INSTALLING APPLICATIONS
EXTRACTING FILES FROM THE MINIX 3 BOOT CD
It is possible to mount the boot CD-ROM from MINIX 3 and extract files from it. This command mounts the filesystem:
mount -r /dev/c0d2p2 /mnt
The sources appear in /mnt/src and /mnt/src.commands.
Packages appear in /mnt/install/packages. To install binaries without using packman, use packit. For example, to install X from the CD, follow the mount command above with these lines:
# cd /mnt/install/packages # ls # packit X11R6.8.2.tar.bz2
Tab-completion works nicely here: after the first two commands above, typing packit X11R6<tab> fills in the rest of the file name and lets you start the installation just by typing <enter>.
THE X WINDOW SYSTEM
X11 is available for MINIX 3. To use it, you first have to get it using packman either from the boot CD-ROM or from the MINIX 3 Website. Packman can handle both cases.
GNU UTILITIES
Many GNU utilities are available in /usr/gnu/bin. To use them, you have to change PATH to put this directory in there. Depending where you put it in PATH, GNU or MINIX utilities will have priority.