Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 10:00:40 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Clarence Brown" <clabrown@granitepost.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to use PORTS from internet Message-ID: <00052110015600.00345@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <001101bfc1a3$48b95a00$8c6896d1@granitepost.com>
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Get the 8mb port.tar.gz from www.freebsd.org/ports/ then zcat the file then cd /usr/ports/sysprogs/whatever and type "make install" this will get all the dependices for you and install whatever automatically. On Sat, 20 May 2000, Clarence Brown wrote: > Hi: > > Probably stupid newbie question. > > How do I use newer ports from the internet instead of what came on my CDROM > (3.4)? > > I did read the entire ports section of the HANDBOOK, but can't seem to find > the answer to my question. It seems to say that installing ports from the > internet is exactly the same as installing them from the CD. This does not > seem to be true, because if I do what the HANDBOOK says, and follow exactly > the same steps, it installs the port from my CD. Perhaps this is obvious to > you Old-Timers, but more information in the handbook might be helpful. Heck, > I'd even write it if I knew how to do it. > > 2 specific examples: > > 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 > directory to my system, and checked/set permissions like kde1 directory. I > ran make install, it only took about 15 seconds to complete, complained > about missing stuff and was done. The instructions seemed to say that if > anything was missing it would be retrieved from the internet automatically. > I checked around on the disk, but couldn't find any changes, and tried > running kde, nothing was different and THANKFULLY nothing in kde1 was broke. > I tried running make install again to copy the error messages for this > message, but now make install tells me it is already installed... > > 2. Installing latest version of port "foo" assuming earlier version of port > foo exists on my system/CDROM. If I follow the handbook instructions for > installing from internet, (which say to do exactly same steps as install > from CD) then the system simply installs old version of "foo" from CD. > > Although the handbook doesn't explicitly say this, I'm starting to think > that installing ports from the internet probably also involves reading and > _understanding_ most of the Handbook chapter 18.3 Synchronizing your > source... boy that's a thick chapter. I've used RCS on programming projects, > but never CTM or CVS. After skimming 18.3, are there any step by step, how > 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. 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. > > Thanks, Cla. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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