From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 4 7:51:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from megamail.megared.net.mx (unknown [207.249.163.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C96A1578C for ; Tue, 4 May 1999 07:51:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from [207.248.251.249] by megamail.megared.net.mx (NTMail 3.03.0017/4c.ab3r) with ESMTP id ma185470 for ; Tue, 4 May 1999 09:49:02 -0500 Message-ID: <00f901be963d$47b57b80$f9fbf8cf@megared.net.mx> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alejandro_Ram=EDrez?= To: "Spamoff" , "freebsd-questions" References: <372EF790.48705528@tampabay.rr.com> Subject: RE: Packages - how do you use therm Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 09:49:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi You should do "pkg_add -v " to see were the binary goes, and what is the name of the binary you should run, and then you may want to do "man ". I prefer using ports because, they are compiled in your hardware and in your software configuration, so any program should run smoother if its compiled in the computer that must be run. Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Spamoff To: freebsd-questions Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 8:35 AM Subject: Packages - how do you use therm > Hello :) > > I've been going around in circles with these and am getting nowhere depsite > having Greg's book and looking at the web site. > > 1) Can someone pleasqe expalin to me, succinctly, how you use packages after > you have installed them using /stand/sysinstall OR pkg_add. > > I've done it both ways, I searched for their location. I've tried to read the > files present and failed pretty much. > > Packages are supposed to be binary from what I understand, and ports are src > that you build ??? > > 2) What's the advantage, if any, of using the ports ? I'm sure you can > change locations but what else ? > > Regards...Martin > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message