From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 31 11:27: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay1.inwind.it (relay1.inwind.it [212.141.53.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4254537B423 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:26:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (212.141.247.115) by relay1.inwind.it (5.1.039) id 39A67FE5000AA42B; Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:26:16 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:26:18 GMT Message-ID: <20000831.17261800@mis.configured.host> Subject: Re: Questions about packages needed.... To: Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <001301c01369$22b0a670$e0ea14ce@glass> References: <001301c01369$22b0a670$e0ea14ce@glass> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 8/31/00, 5:33:03 PM, "Derrick" wrote regarding=20 Questions about packages needed....: > Hi all, > I am new to unix world and i am trying to install the whole freebsd=20 system > from scratch to a webserver. After i installed the system (without=20 choose > any packages during the installation, i thought it would installed=20 all), i > installed stronghold, then mod-perl. > The problem came up during the installation of mod-perl. I am sure i = need > to install some packages b4 i do anything. > Can anyone write me a list of packages that is necessary to install? > thank you very much. > Derrick Dear Derrick, FreeBSD adopts a different approach from e.g. RedHat Linux: a limited=20 number of elements are found in the base system; at the same time, you=20 are free to add whatever meets your need subsequently. =20 Small is beautiful -- Axiom 0 of the Unix world. By the way, you have over 3,200 applications (editors, graphics, math,=20 http, ftp, mail, networking, ...) at your disposal in the=20 ports/packages system: the concept of "necessity" depends decidedly on=20 what you are going to do with your FreeBSD box. If you state your needs more precisely, somebody in this list will be=20 able to give you excellent advice. You can begin by having a look at pkg_add(1) and ports(7), as well as=20 at the excellent FreeBSD handbook in the meantime. Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message