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>
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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"
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