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From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Subject: Re: How to use PORTS from internet
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> Hi:
> 
> Probably stupid newbie question.
> 
> How do I use newer ports from the internet instead of what came on my CDROM
> (3.4)?

You can upgrade your ports tree with cvsup, the same way you upgrade
the source tree.  See the handbook section on "Synchronizing source
trees over the Internet" for a description of cvsup, and
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile for a sample supfile (it needs
editing, like specifying a cvsup server) with which to update the
ports tree.  Once that is done, the port should grab the uptodate
source file from the internet.

> 1. I'm thinking about playing with New KDE2. I don't even have a
> /usr/ports/x11/kde2 directory to change to, to run the make install from.
> How should I get the "skeleton?" on my system? I tried ftping the kde2

The above will do it.

> message, but now make install tells me it is already installed...

make deinstall, or pkg_delete (ls /var/db/pkg to get the full name of
the package).

> to, FAQ's for dummies that cover this? Am I on the right track about needing
> to use CVS to update my local ports directory. 

Use cvsup, it's easy and fast.

> If I were to update my local
> ports directory, should I do the whole thing or just a few, I'm kind of
> worried the some of the newer ports might not work right on an older 3.4
> system.

You're right, some of them have problems but most of them work fine.

Rahul.


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