From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 12:01:11 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6880A267 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 12:01:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x236.google.com (mail-we0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF34E66CEC for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 12:01:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id w62so9506113wes.41 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:01:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=cmCIl3Shr1Pi5wrbkK/kXI/UU4BRdMzxS4el3YIHn/I=; b=C4rmBwSZvLnhJMx3IaMCAxAbRRmYp3vKIrBDfFCNbduxaxAbzmBkrIO2gmfOHWu7wI NiAqpNdkWJMTDHnznfrs5d+xsWQA7qjPOe8gal2E/QHvp9/VyR6+9NSIeQeOAMOegqxH FssUxGu92hdLyE6lyXC5kP5YW8+SWSQBRL9cqYX/TPNInJZV+dhvd9ggf61HC0avS1Or 9BlLv4Q0kN/oVC1E8PUe1qxv6/vBIwTIAdoeDdi4X3dimawCjgBsrVs3Y/ltrF9c3guY I5bFaZYJqRdWKs85apuYb6W0FJoF2E1STjcEKumKUyoc8nbkZ8L4rxLqNH3f7yqR7RI8 Ohog== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.187.235 with SMTP id fv11mr190051733wjc.16.1420545669421; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:01:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.241.132 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 04:01:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150106115503.4870ab2e@jive> References: <20150106115503.4870ab2e@jive> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 20:01:09 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Questions from a Linux refugee From: Ben Woods To: Lev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:01:11 -0000 > 3. Package system. I wanted to install scilab. There is (?) no binary package > for it, and the compilation took ages. After I had it, the next update deleted > it along with other packages. How to deal with the upgrades? The port math/scilab depends on the port java/jgraphx. scilab is skipped during the package build process because jgraphx cannot be packaged due to the need for interactive license confirmation during the build process. The can be confirmed against the latest package build here: http://beefy2.isc.freebsd.org/build.html?mastername=10amd64-default&build=2014-12-31_03h22m27s As per Coert's message, you can build both java/jgraphx and math/scilab manually from ports, or use an automated ports tool such as ports-mgmt/portmaster, or setup a package building infrastructure using ports-mgmt/poudriere. -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com