Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:27:16 -0500 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portinstall question Message-ID: <200410240727.16654.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <417B8791.20705@schmittnet.com> References: <417B8791.20705@schmittnet.com>
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On Sunday 24 October 2004 05:44 am, Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote: > I think I'm missing something basic, so if someone could point me > to where that is, I would appreciate it. I been installing > software using portinstall, but I think I'm missing something > basic because there seems to be more guesswork involved that I > expected there to be. > > 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? > > _______________________________________________ Hi Bill, I was just wondering why you would want to use portinstall to install new software, rather than (using your example port): cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql-server41 make install Is using portinstall magical in some way? If you use the make install method, there isn't any guesswork as to what name to use. Don -- Donald J. O'Neill donaldj1066@fastmail.fm
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