Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:46:31 +0000 From: Jonathan Glaschke <no-html@jonathan-glaschke.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Download ports from another machine Message-ID: <20050716144631.GA1663@jogla.fbsd> In-Reply-To: <dd999232050716045262030bea@mail.gmail.com> References: <dd999232050716045262030bea@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 01:52:33PM +0200, Emil Khatib wrote: > Hi everybody, I'm using freebsd on a 56k connection, so you'll > probably imagine how frustrating is to spend hours and hours > downloading a simple program (plus its dozens of dependecies). I > wanted to know if there is any way to get a list and download the > programs from another computer with a faster connection. My problem is > that I have only access to machines using Windows, so I can't do a > "make fetch-recursive"... > > Can anybody help me please? Thanks in advance You can download the files you need and put them into /usr/ports/distfiles Run portupgrade -n to see what files are needed. Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- | /"\ ASCII Ribbon | Jonathan Glaschke - Lorenz-Görtz-Straße 71, | \ / Campaign Against | 41238 Mönchengladbach, Tel: 02166-265876 | X HTML In Mail | Mobil: 0162-3390789, ICQ: 231021883 | / \ And News | http://jonathan-glaschke.de/
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