From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 17 01:52:51 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 202BF106564A for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:52:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98B48FC15 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:52:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so2054001wah.27 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:52:50 -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=AN0JqnvLuSITswJ/eDjcbIs1GSD/zgPk2c7nJp425O4=; b=DjZbqy2Cilek6ooF6QuJ8YND/GeFUidicMza4bhKGgk8SCJ4Jg3IKK5RE9ZzunmVpM hAUzSeELcEq4JD2IIj/NA0jJ/RU67/RGhrS3HwCePnqNSTrZHCfknLOON0dDJeWsjKqY RLGIPwAfwDJ+t2vZ2/9NXG2EuhCBqS+tHpZ8E= 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=Jf4U2HUFjJpTzg46M8msBCSNsZ1QbGQWwGC8ZAlugYZXZLzaod2Ia7+y2++Q5buQiU mIhyhXrpKbwhW0tq2UBDe45oo2nkJDXnLxsXzPtlACLsy9i0e2wwby4h/xjDWYzY3P0L ezk9k1UVWkVZQJiGmkc2/T+QyKsPd0oTwBJCU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.14.8 with SMTP id 8mr3810909wan.76.1237254770610; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:52:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:52:50 +0200 Message-ID: <89ce7f740903161852n6467aaa2h18f0c5f3f388dc20@mail.gmail.com> From: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" To: Daniel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling everything myself? 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: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:52:51 -0000 Hello On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Daniel wrote: > Hi list > > This may be a basic question, but a question non the less. > > I have been using Debian for some years and have gotten tired by system freezes, having a slow system, and having a package system that requires that I install every skin of KDE to get KDE up and running. > > I hope FreeBSD will be better! :-) > > What I want to know is the following: Do I get the option of fetching sources and running through a guided compilation; or do I get binaries (like Debian) only? You can get the system's sources using csup or cvsup, please check the handbook at [1]. The system consist of the kernel and the world. You can rebuild the kernel and the world following [2]. For applications such as KDE you can use the ports tree or install the as packages. These options are described at [3]. Regards Rambius P.S. I do not understand what you mean with "getting binaries like Debian only". As far as I remember in (but I may be wrong) Debian using its package management system you can build pretty much everything and it treats even the linux kernel as a package. This is different in FreeBSD - you do not install the kernel as a package or port. [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html [2] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html [3] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html -- Tangra Mega Rock: http://www.radiotangra.com