Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:10:18 +0100
From:      "Jorn Argelo" <jorn@wcborstel.nl>
To:        "Bill Schmitt (SW)" <software@schmittnet.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Portinstall question
Message-ID:  <20041024120804.M61191@wcborstel.nl>
In-Reply-To: <417B8791.20705@schmittnet.com>
References:  <417B8791.20705@schmittnet.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 06:44:33 -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote

> How do you know what name to use for the portinstall to work? For 
> example, I wanted to install MySQL 41. The folders under 
> /usr/ports/databases include several variations on my-sql. Among 
> others are mysql323-server, mysql40-server, mysql41-server, and 
> mysql50-server. In the Makefile for mysql41 it states PORTNAME?= 
> mysql. But trying "portinstall mysql" or "portinstall mysql41" or 
> "portinstall mysql41-server" all result in a message that the port 
> doesn't exist. The command that works is "portinstall mysql-server", 
> which I found with a basic google search, but I don't find that in 
> the descriptions or Makefiles. Looking just at what is in the ports 
> tree (or anywhere else on a 4.9 system), where would I properly find 
> that name?

You can better issue the following commands:

# cd /usr/ports/the-port-you-want
# make all install clean

To be honest, I never knew a command like portinstall existed =/. I have 
always used the above mentioned commands.

> 
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041024120804.M61191>