From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 3 17:30:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D66C31065679 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 17:30:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f197.google.com (mail-yw0-f197.google.com [209.85.211.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F1238FC13 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 17:30:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh35 with SMTP id 35so7522071ywh.7 for ; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:30:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jknwEmbBLf2hTkHgPiZj7AWGcFGHwEVOVZlMjbcHy34=; b=VoDKebVWDmYxP5MXF74sNq3aozDvr3AAg0KsslXx0+Qo3eP+u2K/S6QUC7PlTVKqkA aGEFVRtq8OC/uMCo3j7VIjIFCVdiB/leBsfNA4DK3MdjBrQWSKRwpGtkT98ixMJ6NsfO dSkfLNWaVgrYFp5vtRZYjyF/CtOX+ltYCUNYg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=n7dR0pGJGqhLNO6ARM+lb6cIHnAZdivhGU0weI7YXE/FoLGjwpO80A1ManfwW9bjyf AD09mH/wvUrft3WCk2QqNIPeHSrjIcy0qCbgWMnUjdMgr4E/OSdXlK5uuhhUx76tmNnG YIYV22TCsjP49l49eqeXihL3I5vV9ROfP0mnE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.91.39.9 with SMTP id r9mr2353649agj.61.1254591047760; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:30:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4ad871310910031021j137e38a0u429b37b882442f7f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ad871310910031021j137e38a0u429b37b882442f7f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:30:47 -0400 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Glen Barber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Vince Sabio , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports have made me lazy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:30:48 -0000 2009/10/3 Glen Barber : > Hi, > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Vince Sabio wrote: >> I need to install zlib (not zlibc), and AFACT it is not included in port= s. >> When I look at the zlib web site, I see that there are several (not a lo= t, >> but several) dependencies for the installation -- and I think, "OH NO, N= OT >> DEPENDENCIES!" Or something like that. >> >> I blame it on ports. They have made me lazy. I am a victim. ;-) >> > > They should have meetings once a week or something... :-) > >> Anyway, and more to the point, am I missing something? Is zlib really no= t >> included in ports? If not, is there an automated/semi-automated means of >> installing it -- or am I back to the old days of installing dependencies >> manually? >> >> (I have had two servers go toes up in three days, so if I've missed the >> obvious here, well, it wouldn't surprise me. Just administer clue in the >> standard manner, and I'll get with the program.) >> >> > > I'll assume you mean the zlib compression library. =A0I found a few with: > > =A0cd /usr/ports; make search key=3D"zlib" > > HTH. > Based on what I read at http://www.zlib.net/ The latest version (1.2.3) is in base: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dzlib&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&man= path=3DFreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE&format=3Dhtml http://tinyurl.com/yksxt9p --=20 --