Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:26:25 -0400 From: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu> To: acidrop50@yahoo.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: installing packages [was Re: help] Message-ID: <39099181.FC6F8D91@eng.ufl.edu>
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> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 09:11:15 +1000 > From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> > Subject: Re: help > > Have you downloaded the 8mb port.tar.gz ? > If you have to extract the port > TYpe in the following:- > (as root) > gunzip port.tar.gz > tar xvf port.tar -C /usr/ > cd /usr/ports/www/someport/ > make install > (it does everything for your automatically) That's the instructions for installing ports, not packages. It probably doesn't matter, because the end result almost identical. The difference (for the benefit of the newcomers) is that a port is (usually) download as source, configured to match your system, and then compiled and installed automatically. A package is a pre-compiled binary that is downloaded and installed. Most ports can also be installed as packages, so which you use is usually a matter of personal preference. A package will be faster to install on a slow machine because it is already built, a port can be customized (perhaps automatically) for your particular system. To install a package via FTP you have two choices. The easiest for beginners is: 1) log in as root 2) execute the command: /stand/sysinstall 3) select post-install configuration 4) select packages and follow the directions. The possibly faster method is to find the FTP address of the package you want by looking at www.freebsd.org/ports. If the port description includes a link to a package at the bottom, then the command pkg_add <ftp address> will do the trick. E.g. to install the acroread package, type pkg_add ftp://www.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-stable/All/acroread-4.05.tgz (all on one line, of course). NOTE: you should be able to do this even more easily with pkg_add -r acroread4 and it should find the FTP URL automagically, but the name mapping seems to be a little broken, and it doesn't always work. After all that, though, I'm going to point out that installing the port (instead of the package) seems to be what most people do, and that's what the original instructions were for. It's easy, convenient, and on most systems, reasonably fast. Once you've installed your ports directory once (i.e. downloaded and unpacked port.tar.gz), adding a port is as simple as going to the directory for the port you want. You don't have to download the port file every time. E.g. cd /usr/ports/print/acroread4 make install is all I would normally do. You will want to learn how to use cvsup to update your ports tree, though. This and much more is in the Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ -- Bob Johnson > > > On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, todd ritzka wrote: > > hello again! > > I was wondering if i could get some help installing > > packages over the ftp site. a semi step by step format > > would be helpful. details would also be apprechiated, > > but little to no technical jargon, because im a > > newbie! > > > > thanks > > > > acidrop50@yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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