Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:26:37 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: David Reedy Jr <davidrjr@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install order? Message-ID: <20080105000608.B68694@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <477F0CE7.1040806@comcast.net> References: <179863EA8C3D6945412CA598@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <477E6A7B.3070207@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4133784D8828510FCCC00532@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20080104183556.GC19087@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20080105035144.28a1009e@gumby.homeunix.com.> <477F0CE7.1040806@comcast.net>
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, David Reedy Jr wrote: > I'm very new to FreeBSD, just installed it for the first time maybe a > week ago. I've redone it several times since, so feel comfortable in > the VERY basics. Cool. Welcome! > Also, I've noticed that some of the port versions on this site are a > little newer that in my 6.2 release. Will I have problems installing > these instead? The ports shown on the site are sometimes newer because the ported software has changed, and the port updated, since 6.2 was released. Two ports I install on a new machine, before just about anything else, are sysutils/fastest_cvsup [1] and ports-mgmt/portupgrade. With portupgrade, I can use csup to get my ports up-to-date before installing anything else. That way I'll get the latest, or nearly so, version of apache or whatever. [1] You'll see this notation a lot on this list. sysutils/fastest_cvsup means that you would do your 'make install' in /usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup. To answer the question, you may or may not have problems depending on the specific port. For 6.2-RELEASE, I would guess that you're OK since it's relatively recent. But the more time passes, the fewer ports will install properly. I would suggest you get acquainted with port (and system) updating procedures early on; it will save you grief down the road. Now seems like a good time, since you have a new system with (presumably) nothing important on it yet. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
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