Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:18:52 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: Abid Saigol <abid@saigol.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to Build a Custom Port Tree Message-ID: <20040820161852.GC50230@lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <043001c4863c$af8f4b60$6601a8c0@vgvlaptop1> References: <043001c4863c$af8f4b60$6601a8c0@vgvlaptop1>
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 06:34:25PM -0400, Abid Saigol wrote: > I am a newbie to FreeBSD > > I'm using an old machine right now with limited disk space, so I don't want to install the entire ports collection. I want to build a custom port tree, and I'm finding the docs to be a bit silent on this account as I guess nowadays disk space is usually abundant so installing the entire port tree is the preferred route. > > Can someone give some basic guidance on: > > 1) Do I install a compiler or does the basic FreeBSD install have it installed already? > 2) How do I setup a single application port? > 3) Will I need to trace dependence or will make pull in the required libraries? > 4) Can I use CVsup to keep a limited number of ports up to date? > > Any and all guidance in this regard will be highly appreciated. > > Abid portcheckout(1) may be what you are looking for. It's in the Ports :-) but of course you can also install it with pkg_add portcheckout. Using the method described in it's manpage, you would only fetch the files necessary for a specific port + it's dependencies. GH
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