Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:46:52 -0600 From: Will Maier <willmaier@ml1.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "screen" alternative Message-ID: <20060126234652.GH1940@merkur.atekomi.net> In-Reply-To: <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com> References: <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 09:25:51PM +0100, Grzegorz Danecki wrote:
> I'm running 5.4 Stable and I'm looking for something, that can let
> me detach my session leaving my software running. First thought -
> "screen", but hey, there is no screen package in ports collection
> :( Google says something that it was removed due to high cpu
> utilization few releases ago. Is this true?
FreeBSD does not distribute a compiled binary package for screen,
but you are welcome to compile your own. If you have the ports
system installed (as you probably do), just do the following:
cd /usr/ports/misc/screen
sudo make install
That should install screen. If you have questions about the ports
system, read the manpage or the FreeBSD handbook.
> Are there any alternatives? Because as I can remember screen was
> frequently used and highly appreciated application.
screen works fine on FreeBSD -- the package building process just
doesn't make it possible for FreeBSD to provide a pre-compiled
version. As I said, you're welcome to compile your own. It's the
first thing I do when I set up a new system.
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