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Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 09:24:57 -0700
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Paulo Roberto <nirv199@yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: installing only one app from "ports"
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On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 08:39:44AM -0700, Paulo Roberto wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> Is there a way to install just one app from the ports collection
> without installing the whole ports collection?

Yes; for example, you can use the portcheckout port/package.

> Will any dependencies get installed automatically?

I believe the above tool does the right thing there (it actually
downloads all of the dependent ports too).

> I need only a couple of apps and I do not have free space in my hd
> to install those 100MB.

Consider using packages instead of ports.  For example, pkg_add -r is
usually the easiest way to install a package and its dependencies.

Kris

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