From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 25 17:48:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA20309 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 25 Jul 1998 17:48:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA20300 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 1998 17:48:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA10084; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:17:32 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA05080; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:17:31 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980726101730.W716@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:17:30 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Thomas Mullaney , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick Questions References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Thomas Mullaney on Sat, Jul 25, 1998 at 11:59:30AM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 25 July 1998 at 11:59:30 -0400, Thomas Mullaney wrote: > Hello there! I'm a convert from BSDi to FreeBSD! I have a few quick > questions for you. > > 2) The BSDi system came with a large number of programs you distribute in > the ports collection already installed. Is there an easy way to tell it > to install all the ports? I did notice that some of the ports contained > different versions of the same package, Tcl/Tk for example. I didnt think > I could install more than one version? BSDI distributes a relatively limited amount of contribted software. In addition, as you've noticed, only one version of some software, such as tcl and tk. They do that because, as you correctly note, you can only install one version. FreeBSD requires a little more thought, because there's just so much stuff. The 2.2.7 CD-ROMs contain about 1.5 GB of installable packages. Obviously most people don't want to install them all. It's relatively easy to install them, though: the program pkg_add will install any number of packages for you. > Thanks for any help! After I get the initial system switched over to > FreeBSD and migrate my users and misc config files I'll have 9 more > systems to go! Back the first system up to tape, omitting the file /usr/lib/libc.so.3.1. Do a minimal installation on the other systems, don't configure, and restore the tape image. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message