Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:40:37 +0200 From: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: bsdfsse <bsdfsse@optonline.net> Subject: Re: How do you know how to install ports? (like vmware3) Message-ID: <200409302140.53339.4711@chello.at> In-Reply-To: <415BA1A3.3010608@optonline.net> References: <415BA1A3.3010608@optonline.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 30 September 2004 08:03, bsdfsse wrote: > For example, I have been trying to install the vmware3 port - and I find > all kinds of tidbits all over the web about little things that need to > be done to get it to work. The information sometimes covers version > 2.0, sometimes 3.2, and sometimes 4.5. If someone just goes in to > /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3 and does a "make install", how would they > know what else to do? > > I'm new to FreeBSD, maybe I am missing something obvious? You probably missed the pkg-message display. In your terminal session, simply scroll back a view lines after the install target has been completed or type 'cat /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3/pkg-message' to view it again. Cheers, ch - -- Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> | OpenPGP KeyID 0x3BCA53BE OpenPGP-Key at hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net and http://pgp.mit.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQFBXGFF09WjGjvKU74RAqaLAJj3ZwnEzL9UCxsGAVeeEmQUrZFvAJ4z8ZOr bDDv3kkNq9PMl48iusnd4w== =kpjd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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