From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Oct 31 20: 4:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from wondermutt.net (host75-157.student.udel.edu [128.175.75.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF18137B479 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:04:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from morgaine.udel.edu (morgaine.wondermutt.net [192.168.1.2]) by wondermutt.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eA146j232658; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:06:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from papalia@udel.edu) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20001031224223.00ae81f0@mail.udel.edu> X-Sender: papalia@mail.udel.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:45:22 -0500 To: Dave , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: John Subject: Re: No /usr/ports directory? In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >I just installed FreeBSD because my friend recommended it. I have a very >little bit of experience with Linux, but I thought I'd give FreeBSD a shot >anyway. > >I installed version 4.1.1-Release and found that my video card wasn't >supported by XFree86. Since my video card is pretty new (GeForce2 GTS) I >decided to look on deja.com to see if anyone else had trouble. Sure >enough, they did. One person suggested that I go to the directory >/usr/ports/X11/XFree86-4 (or something like that) and type "make patch". > >When I tried this, though, I found that I didn't have a /usr/ports >directory. The more I read, the more it seemed that I should have one. I >mean, how can the ports system work without a ports directory? > >So, am I just a stupid newbie, or is something wrong with my installation? When you were performing your install, you should have been asked if you wanted to install the ports tree. Did you say yes or no to that question? I'm just guessing, but you might have said no? To install the tree the "easy way", run /stand/sysinstall . From there, go into "configure", then "distributions", then select "ports". If you have the cd-rom, it should be a breeze. You can also do it via FTP. Hope that helps, John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message