Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:09:41 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1044371382.e6f875@mired.org> To: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> Cc: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de>, scottman@altern.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to use Port Collection without cd-rom and internet Message-ID: <15929.16437.112320.627760@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <u2sbs1yrgzo.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu> References: <20030130093502.C14737-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> <u2sbs1yrgzo.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
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In <u2sbs1yrgzo.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu>, Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> typed: > Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> writes: > > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 scottman@altern.org wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have access to the net only from Windows 98 and want to take advantage > > > of all the ported apps, but I dont have the sources on cd. Is there a > > > way (and where) to download the ported tgz files? I have installed the > > > Port Collection and just need the right sources. > > > > > > Any help on this subject would be very welcome! > > > Scottman > > > > After fetching the source packages manually you must copy them to the > > /usr/ports/distfiles directory; some ports use specific subdirectories > > within /usr/ports/distfiles. > > > > And to get the list of files to download do a "make fetch-list" in the > right directory. Try "make fetch-recursive-list" to get a list of the files to download for that port and all of it's dependencies. I'd also recommend installing from packages whenever possible in that situation. You can get a list of the packages that a port depends on with "make package-depends-list". <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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