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Date:      Wed, 07 Feb 2001 13:41:37 -0800
From:      "Stuart Morse" <sturu@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't find ports directory
Message-ID:  <F112gxapzhad2VqKwRP00014b15@hotmail.com>

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Hi Tim,

Thanks for the tips. I've installed the ports tree, but the make
command:

# cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-bin
# make all install clean

doesn't work because I'm inside a proxy server. Any idea how I can
install ports through a proxy server?

Regards,

Stuart


>From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>
>To: "Stuart Morse" <sturu@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: Can't find ports directory
>Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 14:04:22 -0500
>
>On Wednesday February 07, 2001 13:41, Stuart Morse wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I just installed FreeBSD for the first time. I just got XFree86
> > working, and now I'd like to install KDE. Problem is I don't have
> > a /usr/ports directory. Did I say "no" to some option when installing
> > the OS to cause this to happen? Either way, how do I get myself in
> > a position to install KDE?
>
>	You didn't say what version of FreeBSD you have, but the KDE version 1
>is on the 4.2 CD as a package.  You can just mount your CD and use
>pkg_add to install KDE version 1.
>	To get KDE2 you will have to install the ports tree.  You can do that
>from /stand/sysinstall.  Then you will probably want to use cvsup to
>update your poprts tree.  I don't think the KDE2 port will work without
>that.  You need all the latest patches that cvsupping will give you.
>Then cd /usr/ports/x11/kde2; make install clean
>If you want gif support you need to build qt with that first.
>
>						Tim
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