From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 30 14:08:01 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 354ED16A418 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:08:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0826513C491 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so1661822rvb for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:07:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vI8pL0uB2hBa369l6FTwBoVO3Swv6xXgyUzcw+55pXc=; b=GkpUG8odM5NKKLh6mcck4lT8+ZqzBHKiyC+YusYFae2nKYDpiqRFi4MeaPnkm9ewNaXF0+CM70+FB7tXsr56T7b+pILm5kq2Y0Q6V4uZyjWMiI1MSMR5oZM0Zq5QWz83CrYPF1y2fXIv5B+ITcvcgtg5RqTx4mUmNbdrDsHEzDM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:from:reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=deDvXboICuhf+vbFq+XyqWIeUSuk7LWXm5YGicA2kFGNKFfP2GwPXrY1oGDsQLjUFtEv4jpdPCTne5HQyXxm4KCh4JFSGZoPZ5ctbTUv7EgHiVtbGnO2uv1v4YzH2QVBnWI2Mv10HUsc0IkERp97AjIMwFX4A15yvpfQnAIy9RM= Received: by 10.141.153.16 with SMTP id f16mr3339201rvo.1193753279759; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:07:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?172.16.10.104? ( [64.106.73.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p14sm4114756roh.2007.10.30.07.07.57 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:07:58 -0700 (PDT) From: james To: Jeff D In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:08:00 -0600 Message-Id: <1193753280.20949.31.camel@james-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newby Question: What to do when one port can't recognize another port? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: oscartheduck@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:08:01 -0000 On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 15:54 -0700, Jeff D wrote: > I've decided to try to build up my 1st FreeBSD server. > > Reading the Handbook is mostly helpful, but I' getting hit with a couple of > problems I can't figure out. > > I was looking for a beginner's list. I think this is the closest to it. > > The main reason I'm trying out FreeBSD is because I want to set up my own > web server, and the Ports seemed liked a way to do it that manages conflicts > & dependencies better even that Linux systems. Not being much of a program > guy, that sounds good to me! > > When I try to install the Apache port in /usr/ports/www/apache22, it errors > out with > > IGNORED > Unknown Berkeley DB version > > After checking on the Oracle site, I made sure to install the latest, most > up to date /usr/ports/databases/db46 port. It seems to have worked and I > can use it in other ports. > > I'm not sure where to turn next. > > Anybody got some advice to share? What version of the operating system are you using? When did you last update your ports tree? These're both important for us to know. But, you should know that apache on FreeBSD is fantastic. I tried getting it configured once on Ubuntu; that was a harsh, harsh experience. Weird custom configuration files in weird locations.