Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:44:06 -0400 From: Serge Gagnon <ser_gagnon@sympatico.ca> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuration of ports Message-ID: <20040914004140.UDRX1635.simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@quenix1.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20040913200258.01c23148@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040913200258.01c23148@mail.dc2.adelphia.net>
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>>>>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, "Bob" == Bob Ababurko wrote: Bob> Hello- Hello Bob Bob> I am sure that this must have been asked, so along with my Bob> question, I need to know if there is an archive of the ports Bob> collection and if so, where can I find it. Ok, I am really liking Bob> the ports collection, being new to freeBSD and all. But the one Bob> thing that gets in the way is my lack of knowledge in being able to Bob> configure the installations....either with .configure config files Bob> or with compiler switches. Can someone lead me to a resource that Bob> can help me understand how to configure my applications so that I Bob> can tweak my ports during installation? First of all, I think that you must read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html in order to know how getting the ports tree. Usually, a port is an already tweaked/configured environnement to build adequately for FreeBSD your needed application. However, sometimes they are some options that you can pass to build your port in some or other way. Look in the Makefile file in the port that you want to build and find for WITH_OPTION1 WITH_OPTION2 (it is an example. The real thing resemble: WITH_READLINE or WITH_GUI) Now, if there is option2 that you want, just type: make WITH_OPTION2=YES (depending on what shell you are using but this is the common way) and the port will be build in the way that you want. They are some other places/things to look for configuring a ports, but this is a good start. -- Serge Gagnon <ser_gagnon@sympatico.ca> Quebec, Qc, Canada
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