From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 7 20:20:20 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93EBE106564A for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:20:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com (blue.stonehenge.com [209.223.236.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 769138FC13 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:20:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9F6711DE2C6; Sun, 7 Mar 2010 12:19:46 -0800 (PST) To: n dhert References: From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.3.0; tzolkin = 11 Ahau; haab = 18 Kayab Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:19:46 -0800 In-Reply-To: (n. dhert's message of "Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:08:57 +0100") Message-ID: <86pr3fubod.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make "make install" accept defaults X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:20:20 -0000 >>>>> "n" == n dhert writes: n> When installing gnome from the ports n> # make install clean n> installs a few hundred packages and displays dozens and dozens times a n> configuration window n> which I always answer by hitting TAB key to move to OK button and then n> . n> Now this installation is already busy for 7 hours (when will it end?) ... n> keeping me locked to my PC ... n> How to specify make install clean ...... witj extra options so that is n> will answer a configuration window autoamtically n> to always accept all the defaults so that you can make an Gnome installation n> in an unattended way? I do all the configs ahead of time. There are multiple ways to do that. "make config-recursive" if you're just using the raw Makefiles. "portinstall -c PORTNAME" if you're using Portinstall (my favorite). -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion