Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 17:13:54 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Abel Mayal <mayala@info.bt.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing dvips Message-ID: <20000531171354.O99925@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <012f01bfcb06$ae596640$fc709284@futures.bt.co.uk> References: <3934E500.776BF3E8@info.bt.co.uk> <20000531134342.J99925@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <012f01bfcb06$ae596640$fc709284@futures.bt.co.uk>
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[please CC all responses to the mailing list.] Abel Mayal wrote: > How do you install it from the ports? I've been reading the FreeBSD web > page about Ports but I din't get it very well. > I tried before to install straight from the ports (I think so) but I thought > that it wasn't > correct. I downloaded the file dvips-5.76.tar from > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/print.html#dvips-5.76. I decompress it and it > creates a huge chain of directories: > pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/print/dvips/. In this directory I have a > Makefile and three directories: files, pkg and scripts. I tried to run the > Makefile writing "make" but it didn't work. Well, what you did above looks about right if you got the Makefile and those three directories. When you say "didn't work", what exactly happened? Some error message? These things are important. :-) If all else fails, you could try the package. There should be a link on the URL you mentioned above. It may link to a package for the wrong version of FreeBSD though, but if you dig around <ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/>; you should be able to find a package for your version. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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