Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:06:23 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Nex6 <myndshell@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: some simple Questions Message-ID: <20080306140623.28e4cd9a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <42779f7f0803061032o1bdd967fr1fd3d8d01cf9cf73@mail.gmail.com> References: <42779f7f0803061032o1bdd967fr1fd3d8d01cf9cf73@mail.gmail.com>
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In response to Nex6 <myndshell@gmail.com>: > > install software: > seems the way to to this is pkg_add -r software-name packages: use pkg_add -r ports: cd /usr/ports/category/port-name && make install See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html > system update: > still not sure? tho this is probly something really simple, seems more the > one way to do it. cvsup is the canonical way: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html But stuff like freebsd-upate has streamlined this a lot: http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ > main difference between packages and ports? Packages are precompiled. Ports are not. Ports can be made into packages, the reverse is not true. See the above link. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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