Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:03:26 -0600 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com> To: Alex G <alexon005@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading/Updating precompiled packages Message-ID: <bc5b6385041208090322be7a95@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <006201c4dd24$5e1656e0$0a01010a@fusion> References: <006201c4dd24$5e1656e0$0a01010a@fusion>
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On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 23:49:31 +1100, Alex G <alexon005@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a small system running FreeBSD. I'd like to know if there's an easy way to >upgrade/update precompiled ports packages without using ports tree and >portupgrade. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html Will explain the difference between packages and ports, and how to use both. In short, a package is a precompiled binary that you can install with the 'pkg_add(1)' utility. It sounds like that is what you want, as opposed to maintaining the entire ports collection. -- Joshua Lokken Open Source Advocate
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