From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 22 20:45:09 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B04116A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:45:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F114643D2D for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:45:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@users.sourceforge.net) Received: from pd4mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr8so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.101]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IAQ00ELQKB8L300@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:45:08 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml2so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.146]) by pd4mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IAQ004EGKB8K780@pd4mr8so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:45:08 -0700 (MST) Received: from procyon.nekulturny.org (S0106000c41b2b9a3.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.45.143]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IAQ00L5FKB8SL@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:45:08 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:45:08 -0700 From: Danny MacMillan In-reply-to: <026901c5009c$715f3410$0b01a8c0@enigmedia.net> To: aklist_061666 Message-id: <20050122204508.GA1163@procyon.nekulturny.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <20050121131608.4a98e572@agnes.myhome.net> <026901c5009c$715f3410$0b01a8c0@enigmedia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keeping 5.1 install up to date? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:45:09 -0000 On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 11:07:15AM -0500, aklist_061666 wrote: > > OK...trying not to be too newbie...but I proceed very slowly when it comes > to this stuff. Just to confirm I'm reading everything correctly... > > I'm running 5.1 and CVSup is NOT already installed, so I have to: > > A) download and install Modula-3 compiler > B) install zlib > C) install CVSup > > or is that information outdated? Also, in the CVSup sources directory, > there are several numbered sources...which one do i compile? Ordinarily, CVSUp is one of the few packaged binaries I install on my system, since there's a chicken and egg problem. I usually build from source after updating the source, but I don't start that way. Even if you were to build CVSUp from source, I wouldn't recommend the above procedure, unless you plan to use the ports/packages system but didn't mention that in your post. Assuming you have an internet connection, the simplest way to install CVSUp is (line 2 may wrap): 1. su 2. pkg_add ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/net/cvsup-without-gui-16.1h.tbz I know you say you're running 5.1. The 5.1 packages are no longer maintained, at least on the master site. The above works for me, though I'm using 5.2.1-RELEASE on this machine, and I think it will work for you, too. You don't need to install Modula-3 to install or run CVSUp, only to build it. If you have the ports tree installed and you want to build from source, you can alternatively do this, but it will take much longer: 1. su 2. cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui 3. make install clean It will automatically build dependencies (ezm3 etc.) If you want to build from source but don't want to use the ports tree, you are not a newbie :) -- Danny