From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 24 12:10:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FDE716A4CF for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:10:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (wcborstel.demon.nl [82.161.134.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A75543D54 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:10:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DF2C41E5; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:10:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (www.wcborstel.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28203-03; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:10:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6479B41A5; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:10:18 +0200 (CEST) From: "Jorn Argelo" To: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" , questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:10:18 +0100 Message-Id: <20041024120804.M61191@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <417B8791.20705@schmittnet.com> References: <417B8791.20705@schmittnet.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 82.161.134.53 (jorn) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.wcborstel.nl Subject: Re: Portinstall question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:10:22 -0000 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"