Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:18:28 -0500 From: "Roland Wells" <freebsd@thebeatbox.org> To: <putnam@speakeasy.net>, "'Unix Help'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Is this Ok Message-ID: <003301c42cc7$1b66ea20$0c03a8c0@internal.thebeatbox.org> In-Reply-To: <W14963185281181083115745@webmail4>
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I am not sure what to make out of the info scrolling on my screen. I installed bsd and wanted to install all the ports to sort through them latter and remove any once I got a look at them, so from root I typed cd /usr/ports make install ------------------------- Doing the above will attempt to download, make and install every port in the ports collection...(if I am not mistaken.) The ports collection is a collection of over 10,000 applications, you probably do not want to install them all!! So, if you would like to install a specific port, change to that directory and then do make install, ie, if I would like to install the apache 1.3 webserver: # cd /usr/ports/www/apache13 # make install clean This will download the sources, compile and install the apache webserver (as well as any dependencies that I do not already have.) As far as looking for specific ports, use the webpage: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html Or on your box: # cd /usr/ports # make search name=3Dinsert_name_of_port_here Or # make search key=3Dinsert_port_keyword_here As a general point, the handbook on freebsd.org is an invaluable resource for people new to FreeBSD (like me) and covers most things you will run into. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html Good luck, Roland Wells Director, http://thebeatbox.org http://fftechcenter.org
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