From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 27 19:18:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E783316A4CF for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:18:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lincoln.lisco.com (lincoln.lisco.com [69.18.32.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 287F343D39 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:18:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@thebeatbox.org) Received: from rw (69-18-60-38.lisco.net [69.18.60.38]) by lincoln.lisco.com (8.11.6/8.10.1) with ESMTP id i3S2IY224627; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:18:34 -0500 (CDT) From: "Roland Wells" To: , "'Unix Help'" Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:18:28 -0500 Message-ID: <003301c42cc7$1b66ea20$0c03a8c0@internal.thebeatbox.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Is this Ok X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:18:36 -0000 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