Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 09:24:57 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Paulo Roberto <nirv199@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing only one app from "ports" Message-ID: <20020529092457.A94904@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020529153944.20854.qmail@web14904.mail.yahoo.com>; from nirv199@yahoo.com on Wed, May 29, 2002 at 08:39:44AM -0700 References: <20020529153944.20854.qmail@web14904.mail.yahoo.com>
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--pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 08:39:44AM -0700, Paulo Roberto wrote: > Hello, >=20 > Is there a way to install just one app from the ports collection > without installing the whole ports collection? Yes; for example, you can use the portcheckout port/package. > Will any dependencies get installed automatically? I believe the above tool does the right thing there (it actually downloads all of the dependent ports too). > I need only a couple of apps and I do not have free space in my hd > to install those 100MB. Consider using packages instead of ports. For example, pkg_add -r is usually the easiest way to install a package and its dependencies. Kris --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE89QDZWry0BWjoQKURAkagAKDN2hUDb5dDkqUOedDXqKAfSXvhfwCgyS4f Idl9VV9MW3hau/fUor8EQ9o= =aelw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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