Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:55:11 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update ports from a file Message-ID: <20070918165511.0dc99d86@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <d245113f0709171801h59cbdbd1v3d213418398dd577@mail.gmail.com> References: <d245113f0709171801h59cbdbd1v3d213418398dd577@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:01:37 +1000 "Mr Anderson" <anderson.gnu@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > I have been using FreeBSD in the Univ recently and quite interesting. > I decided to installed FreeBSD 6.2 in my laptop (I dont have internet > connection) and now I want to install apache and other software. So, I > downloaded > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz and copy > to my laptop to update ports. How do I update ports from the > file? Right now, I have an old version of Ports, portsnap fetch does > not work because I do not have internet > connection, and FreeBSD does not recognize my netowrk card reader, so > I want to do it by hand , step by step. > > Any tip how to do update? Should I just unzip the file > in /usr/ports , but previosly delete everything??? If you don't have a network connection, I would suggest you use the packages on the install disk.
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