From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 23 6: 3:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B0C737B401 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 06:03:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.gbronline.com (mail.gbronline.com [12.145.226.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C39F43E4A for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 06:03:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from DaleCoportable [12.145.236.250] by mail.gbronline.com (SMTPD32-7.13) id AA292C1A00E4; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 08:01:13 -0600 Message-ID: <060101c292f8$f2d0a560$faec910c@DaleCoportable> From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." To: , "Bill Baird" References: <4.3.2.7.2.20021122235540.00a9e7c0@pop.netzero.net> Subject: Re: "make" from file not ftp Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 08:02:21 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: "Bill Baird" Subject: "make" from file not ftp > I am trying to install Mozilla using the make command. Its looking for the > ftp server not the directory that I am in. Is there a way that I can tell > it where to look or change the defalt. Trying to get up and running on the > net. Thanks for the help. > My answer is based on reading between the lines above, and my assumptions are as follows: 1. you're 'making' Mozilla from a directory under /usr/ports/, utilizing the 'ports system.' 2. you are not able to connect the FBSD box to the Internet. 3. you don't have the source file(s) for Mozilla already loaded into your FBSD box. Please understand that the FBSD ports system is a collection of files which tells FBSD how to obtain source code from the Internet, modify it for FBSD, and install it on the system. Unless you have specifically obtained the proper 'tarballed' source code and placed it under /usr/ports/distfiles, FBSD will and indeed *must* connect to a ftp/http server (using 'fetch', IIRC) and download the source, compile the program(s) and install them. This is all handled automatically by 'make,' which reads the "Makefile" for its instructions. The use of 'make install clean' is also recommended rather than just 'make', I believe. HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message