Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:21:24 -0400 From: Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports vs. Packages Message-ID: <1061248883.14034.21.camel@jake> In-Reply-To: <011e01c365de$8b53b5d0$04fea8c0@moe> References: <011e01c365de$8b53b5d0$04fea8c0@moe>
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--=-wM85goYPfXzAlKKDk7xR Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 19:14, Charles Howse wrote: > I'm confused ( which is not an uncommon occurrence ), let's say I know I > don't need to edit the source code of any of the additional software > that I plan to install, but I want the latest version. >=20 > Should I install from ports or sysistall/packages/FTP? >=20 > I just installed Midnight Commander from ports ( make && make install && > make clean ), and with all the dependencies, it took over 30 minutes on > my Celeron 300 w/64 MB, vs. less than a minute from sysinstall. Neither. I'd recommend installing sysutils/portupgrade and using the portinstall option to fetch & install packages (so you always get the latest version). Check the -P and -PP options to portinstall. Note that doing this will require you to have an updated ports tree. You'll need to cvsup your ports regularly (net/cvsup-without-gui). There are many threads on the mailing lists with detailed information on how to cvsup your ports tree and rebuild your INDEX. --=20 Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> --=-wM85goYPfXzAlKKDk7xR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/QV9zt+DSc2Q4lGYRAnpVAJ4ioN2chJzPN47SHFVHTBXy4P6pYwCgvXPR OuTd5K9fL9dQ1LX2SGHTbXQ= =agIO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-wM85goYPfXzAlKKDk7xR--
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