From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 1 01:15:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC7F1065670 for ; Sat, 1 May 2010 01:15:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C24A8FC14 for ; Sat, 1 May 2010 01:15:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-12-140.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.12.140]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6E4D3CE77; Sat, 1 May 2010 03:14:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id o411Enk8001929; Sat, 1 May 2010 03:14:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 03:14:49 +0200 From: Polytropon To: osp@aloha.com Message-Id: <20100501031449.7979767f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201004302034.o3UKYpVr032100@yoda.pixi.com> References: <201004302034.o3UKYpVr032100@yoda.pixi.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I am new to BSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 01:15:05 -0000 On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:34:52 HST, osp@aloha.com wrote: > Best thing is to agree to install ports collection during OS installation. > This does not install all sourcecode, just the index. The traditional way > to install is cd to the port folder and do make, make install, make clean. ^^^^^^ Forgive me that I do mention this, but please use the correct terminology. FreeBSD has directories, not "folders". It also has files, not "sheets of paper". :-) > cd /usr/ports/net/asterisk > make > (get a snack) > make install Get another snack while run dependencies are installed. :-) Okay, Asterisk is not that "problematic" in terms of time consumption. > I prefer to use portinstall and portupgrade. The tool portmaster is also worth looking at. > Be sure to use portsnap to freshen up your ports tree and when you add a > new port to an existing system do a portupgrade -a first so what you > already have is up to date. Also keep your package database in good condition using "pkgdb -aF". > Be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING before you update anything. Additionally, read "man 7 ports" which gives many helpful information about how ports work, which make targets are supported and which means of configuration you can use to optimize the whole process for you. > Have fun! The most important hint! :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...