Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:55:55 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> To: JK <jdkullmann@aliencamel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling Ports... Message-ID: <43BD79CB.9080605@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <web-20422723@aliencamel.com> References: <43BD70ED.1000506@ntlworld.com> <fb6605670601051141j70f31733g67f2e82e8354d4a4@mail.gmail.com> <web-20422723@aliencamel.com>
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JK wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 14:41:50 -0500 > "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote: >> On 1/5/06, Crispy Beef <crispy.beef@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>> Am trying to get my head around the ports system, specifically >>> custom options >>> when compiling. For example I would like to install apache 2.2 >>> under it's own >>> dir in /usr/local, say /usr/local/apache22. If I was rolling my own >>> version >>> using the configure script I would do: >>> >>> ./configure prefix="/usr/local/apache22" >> >> I believe the default prefix can be changed, but I'm unclear as to why >> you would want to change it. The port installs a package that you can >> then remove easily with the pkg tools. Why would you want to do this? > > But wait! I thought the pkg system maintained track of where things > were installed even if directed somewhere else and a pkg_delete etc > would still work. No? > the pkgdb will record the location of PREFIX, so pkg_delete will still remove it even if its changed. cd /usr/ports/www/apache22 make PREFIX=/usr/local/apache22 install clean Enjoy __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584
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