Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:44:21 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Building and running new package versions not yet in ports? Message-ID: <4c64e9c5.QP7fekph3VlfDjdr%mueller6724@bellsouth.net>
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What do I do if I want to build and run a package where version in ports collection is not up-to-date, and I want to build and run the current release version of that package, like Abiword 2.8.6 for instance, when version in ports is behind? Or maybe I want to try a new alpha or beta development release of a package like Firefox or Seamonkey, but don't want to burn my bridges on the already installed and running version. Can I create a testing install base such as /extra or /usr/extra, and set something like PATH=/usr/extra/bin:$PATH and perhaps modify some other environment variables, and then be able to return to the regular environment? I would only want to change a few things temporarily and would not want to create an entire chroot system. Is this the proper list for this question, or should I have posted to freebsd-ports@freebsd.org ? Tom
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