From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 00:40:10 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 8124C16A4CE for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 00:40:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BECA43D58 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 00:40:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id iB80dmw05904; Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:39:48 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200412080039.iB80dmw05904@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: gamito@netual.pt (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E1rio_Gamito?=) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:39:47 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <41B643E5.6080302@netual.pt> from "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E1rio_Gamito?=" at Dec 07, 2004 11:59:33 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sorry for the newbie questions :( 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, 08 Dec 2004 00:40:10 -0000 > > Hi, > > I swear i did my home work before addressing to you, but i didn't > understood well what i want. > > 2. I want to install PostgreSQL 8. > The port version that is on the CD is 8 beta2, but i see in > www.freebsd.org that there is already a port for 8 beta4. > How can i "import" this new port ? > > I read a lot about cvsup and other stuff, but it seems very confusing to > me. I cannot understand the whole picture. > My question is: how can i "import" a *single* port ? Maybe what you are missing is that when you install the whole ports tree, what you are installing are not the ports, but the framework and instructions for downloading and installing the ports. You must install (and possibly update) your ports tree in its entirety. Then you cd in to the appropriate ports directory such as in /usr/ports/databases/postgresql72/ for example and then do a 'make' and a 'make install' It will then download what you need for that port and install it and also install all the other ports that it depends on as well. You may have to study a bit to figure out which exact port version you want to cd in to, for example, I have never installed postgresql so probably /postgresql72/ is not actually the port you want. Also, I was looking through a somewhat older version of the ports on this machine and it doesn't have postgresql V-8 yet. I need to update it. This is just an example. It will probably be something more like: /usr/ports/databases/postgresql8/ Anyway, by doing this you are installing just the 'single' port you want. But you really really really want to install the entire /usr/ports tree or you will be missing some of the framework and dependancies that you will need. > > 3. Where can i find information about supported hardware ? > Namely SATA controlers ? > Does FreeBSD suport the Intel ones ? On the main FreeBSD page (http://www.freebsd.org/) over on the right it lists the versions that are now considered the latest releases available. Under each there is a hardware item. Click on it and follow links to find what you want. If you are using an Intel PC type machine, then select i386 for hardware type when you get to that list. > > Sorry, for my newbiness :( Newbies are just beginning experts. ////jerry > > Any help would be apreciated. > -- > Mário Gamito > Administração de sistemas e desenvolvimento > Netual - Multimédia e Telecomunicações, Lda. > Rua João Afonso, Nº1 > 3800-198 Aveiro - Portugal > Tel. +351 234 371 431 / Fax. +351 234 371 438 > E-mail: gamito@netual.pt > www.netual.pt > _______________________________________________