From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 18 21:15:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f19.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.19.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1528737B422 for ; Fri, 18 May 2001 21:15:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdblood@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 18 May 2001 21:15:54 -0700 Received: from 203.121.16.74 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 19 May 2001 04:15:53 GMT X-Originating-IP: [203.121.16.74] From: "BSD Blood" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Ports and Packages Mixture Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 04:15:53 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 May 2001 04:15:54.0225 (UTC) FILETIME=[65740E10:01C0E01A] 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 Hello. My first priority for installing software is by using packages and then the ports collection. If the package dependencies do not have a package, I'll download those dependencies using the ports collection. My questions are:- 1. Is it safe for me to mix the packages and ports systems? 2. I have these 2 entries when I do a # pkg_info png-1.0.10 png-1.0.7 Do I need to delete the older png-1.0.7? Will the deletion cause other applications to fail? 3. After using the Ports Collection to install software, are the software added to the packages system? (i.e. when I do a # pkg_info , will the software be shown in this output)? _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message