From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 15 22:14:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA28886 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:14:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA28881 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:14:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA13026; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:14:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199812160614.BAA13026@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: x11 port In-Reply-To: <3676CD10.EB54AACD@finsco.com> from Bill Hamilton at "Dec 15, 98 02:56:48 pm" To: billh@finsco.com (Bill Hamilton) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:14:57 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill Hamilton wrote, > I downloaded the ports.tgz file from 2.2.7. > I just want to install x. > I used Winblows to get it (just lazy and like WS_FTP) > Now, ports.tgz resides in C:/zipwork. > I un-tarred it, and now have something like C:/zipwork/ports/x11 > with all of the /ports/x11/* directories under that. > Would this be an appropriate way to proceed? : > tar -cf - -C /dos/zipwork/ports/x11 . | tar xpf - -C /usr/ports/x11 > cd /usr/ports/x11 > make install Not if you are trying, as you say, 'to install X.' I would personally recommend that you use /stand/sysinstall to 'upgrade existing system' and add X how you'd like in the following menus. I recommend this mainly because that's how I've added X to my installs. Never through ports. Adding X via the ports /should/ work, I believe. However, you do not need to make the _entire_ /usr/ports/x11/ directory (I mean, 'xantfarm' for example is not a must-install). You'll need to go to XFree86, pick a window manager, etc. You may require some of the libraries for other ports to compile, but the ports mechanism should build those as needed. Sorry I don't have a recipe for adding X through ports, but that's my $0.02. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message