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* Combine a one sentence paragraph with the proceeding paragraph with

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which it clearly belongs.
* Update an example 'Pentium III -> Pentium IV'
* Note that some packages are provided as .tbz files.
* Clarify a sentence.
* Fix a grammar mistake.
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documentation. A downloaded package file can be manipulated
with FreeBSD package management commands, such as
&man.pkg.add.1;, &man.pkg.delete.1;, &man.pkg.info.1;, and so
on.</para>
<para>Installing a new application can be carried out with a single
on. Installing a new application can be carried out with a single
command.</para>
<para>A FreeBSD port for an application is a collection of files
@ -167,7 +165,7 @@
because they have to run on the maximum number of systems. By
installing from the port, you can tweak the compilation options to
(for example) generate code that is specific to a Pentium
III or Athlon processor.</para>
IV or Athlon processor.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@ -347,7 +345,7 @@ local: lsof-4.56.4.tgz remote: lsof-4.56.4.tgz
version of the application.</para>
<para>Package files are distributed in <filename>.tgz</filename>
format. You can find them at <ulink
and <filename>.tbz</filename> formats. You can find them at <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/"></ulink>,
or on the FreeBSD CD-ROM distribution. Every CD on the
FreeBSD 4-CD set (and the PowerPak, etc.) contains packages
@ -731,7 +729,7 @@ R-deps: </screen>
<para>Now that you have found a port you would like to install,
you are ready to do the actual installation. The port
includes instructions on how to build source code, but not the
includes instructions on how to build source code, but does not include the
actual source code. You can get the source code from a CD-ROM
or from the Internet. Source code is distributed in whatever
manner the software author desires. Frequently this is a
@ -1079,7 +1077,7 @@ Receiving lsof_4.57D.freebsd.tar.gz (439860 bytes): 100%
<para>Keeping your ports up to date can be a tedious job. For
instance, to upgrade a port you would go to the ports
directory, build the port, deinstall the old port, install the
new port, and then cleaning up after the build. Imagine doing
new port, and then clean up after the build. Imagine doing
that for five ports, tedious right? This was a large problem
for system administrators to deal with, and now we have
utilities which do this for us. For instance the <filename