From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 29 12:32:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA19486 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:32:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from seabass.progroup.com (catfish.progroup.com [206.24.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA19481 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:32:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from craig@tuna.progroup.com) Received: from ProGroup.COM (tuna.progroup.com [206.24.122.5]) by seabass.progroup.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA11675 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:32:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by ProGroup.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA09448; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:31:38 -0800 From: craig@tuna.progroup.com (Craig W. Shaver) Message-Id: <199711292031.MAA09448@ProGroup.COM> Subject: Re: Need Help Installing Ports, etc on 2.2.5 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:31:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: from "Doug White" at Nov 28, 97 10:01:17 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Parker Brown wrote: > > > Until 2.2.2 & 2.2.5 I don't remember having problems using lynx to > > access the handbook and faqs file included in distribution. I'm using a > > little over a gig for FreeBSD, so space is not problem, and after > > installation I have a substantial /usr/ports file (/distrib is empty), > > and there is a lynx directory in www. > > Anyway, i now realize that I haven't a clue as to how to install a ports > > or packages file after installation. I've tried playing with > > /stand/sysinstall as well as copying various directoies into > > /usr/ports/distribution (sp?) and using make. No success with anything. > > To install a port: > > cd /usr/ports/category/program > make > su; make install > > The system will automatically fetch the distfiles from the net if you > don't have them in /usr/ports/distfiles from the CDROM. > > To uninstall, do pkg_delete port-x.x. Use /var/db/pkg/ as a reference for > the name. > I had trouble with getting ports from the cdrom after installing 2.2.5. I found out that the ports distfiles were on the 4th cdrom in the 2.2.5 set of cdroms from walnut creek. I mounted that cdrom and did the soft link just like they said in the handbook and everything worked. -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088