From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 19 3:44:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B445637B422 for ; Sat, 19 May 2001 03:44:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 8266 invoked by uid 100); 19 May 2001 10:44:36 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15110.20116.161437.414956@guru.mired.org> Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 05:44:36 -0500 To: "BSD Blood" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports and Packages Mixture In-Reply-To: <36002681@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG BSD Blood types: > Hello. > My first priority for installing software is by using packages and then > the ports collection. If the package dependencies do not have a package, > I'll download those dependencies using the ports collection. My questions > are:- > 1. Is it safe for me to mix the packages and ports systems? Yes, so long as you're careful not to install multiple versions of a package. > 2. I have these 2 entries when I do a # pkg_info > png-1.0.10 > png-1.0.7 > Do I need to delete the older png-1.0.7? Will the deletion cause other > applications to fail? I'd say yes to the first; others may say no. Definitely yes to the second. To delete it safely, delete them both, then reinstall the one you want to keep. > 3. After using the Ports Collection to install software, are the software > added to the packages system? (i.e. when I do a # pkg_info , will the > software be shown in this output)? Yes. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message