Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:13:14 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do I update my ports tree? Message-ID: <20011218111314.A80967@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOOEMPCJAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:08:53AM -0500 References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOOEMPCJAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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Go to your install media (either the CDROM, or a FTP server with a directory for the release you installed.) You will find a "ports.tgz" that contains the ports tree for your release. tar -xzv ports.tgz will extract it. Voila! Instant ports tree. On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:08:53AM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > I did not install the ports during the /stand/sysinstall > process to create this FBSD system. Some time later I > wanted to install a port I got from the internet. I could > not install the port because my /usr/port directory tree > did not contain any of the files used by the port system. > > I there a way to get the necessary port system files > created with out having to load the complete port system > from the install CD? > > I tried to use /stand/sysinstall to load all the ports, > but the load ports collection option only comes during > the initial install of FBSD. I can not find a option to > load the ports on the post install configuration option. > There is a option for the packages but not the ports. > > How would I go about getting the complete ports section > off the install cd after the FBSD system is installed? > > Thanks Joe > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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