Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:18:18 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Jeff D <jeffd6635@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newby Question: What to do when one port can't recognize another port? Message-ID: <20071030171818.GD54116@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <dcfc955c0710291422y5d166e18pe26e68c04ede1c58@mail.gmail.com> References: <dcfc955c0710291422y5d166e18pe26e68c04ede1c58@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 02:22:24PM -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 It builds fine on my machine (7.0-BETA1, amd64). Which version of FreeBSD are you running? Did you update your ports tree before building apache? (run 'portsnap fetch extract' once. Later use 'portsnap fetch update' to keep the tree up-to-date.) Did you set or unset any options? Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHJ2daEnfvsMMhpyURAngTAKCgG9//RGiIncPEhDs/2RPTOrk0rwCdHtfZ odjPlaRepVeB7KYa4bY1EkI= =kGhy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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