Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:55:55 +0200 From: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: can I ./configure a port? Message-ID: <200106261756.f5QHuNf13242@lv.raad.tartu.ee>
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Hello! I'm in a process of slowly getting my first FreeBSD based server functioning. In installing various software I have found the ports collection to be a great help. However, I have couple of questions about this process. Being a newbie to FreeBSD I apologize in advance if these questions seem overwhelmingly stupid :-) 1. Sometimes the authors of software recommend that prior to running make I run ./configure --with-this --with-that etc. It seems that in these cases I can't install from the port but need to download the source and install from that? The ./configure script isn't even there before I run make. 2. Say that I install some port and a newer version of the same software comes out next month. Can I upgrade this port (using, for instance, portupgrade) without upgrading the entire system (kernel sources etc)? TIA, -- Toomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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