From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 14:26:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F32116A4D0 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:26:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.rtc.ro (mail.rtc.ro [212.93.139.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E3D5643D1D for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:26:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cristi.tauber@sbhost.ro) Received: (qmail 14628 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2004 17:13:14 +0300 Received: from unknown (HELO ?212.93.139.11?) (212.93.139.11) by mail.rtc.ro with SMTP; 3 Sep 2004 17:13:14 +0300 From: Cristi Tauber To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1094221571.3917.1448.camel@deepblue.rtc.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:26:11 +0300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: ports vs source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 14:26:03 -0000 Hello there, Can anyone tell me which are the avantages of installing from ports rather than installing from tar balls ? I am kind of new to BSD, and I'm familiar with linux install from tar & stuff. I know to give the switches to configure to tune the source for installation ... but how i can find the parameters for port install ? I mean ... let's say i want to install php and i have to give the path to mysql, apache and others graphical libraries ... how can I do that with ports ? Any link or explications about this subject is appreciated. Thanks, Cristi