From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 13 18:14:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFCBE16A418 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:14:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@agreenftp.no-ip.com) Received: from agreenftp.no-ip.com (75-137-118-150.dhcp.gnvl.sc.charter.com [75.137.118.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC6E13C46A for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:14:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@agreenftp.no-ip.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agreenftp.no-ip.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 694B03985C; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:14:02 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at agreenftp.no-ip.com Received: from agreenftp.no-ip.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zeus.agreenftp.no-ip.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VZy5cu3Y8m17; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:13:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.212.2.98] (216.215.144.201.nw.nuvox.net [216.215.144.201]) (Authenticated sender: andy) by agreenftp.no-ip.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1B5763985B; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:13:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46C09F5C.6020900@agreenftp.no-ip.com> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:13:48 -0400 From: Andrew Greenwood User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jean-Paul Natola References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702DDC@www.fcimail.org> In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702DDC@www.fcimail.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: install app without ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:14:10 -0000 Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Hi all, > > I was just old today that SpamAssassin 3.2.3 has the fix I need to run it on > FreeBSD- > > The problem is that it has not yet been updated in the ports tree, so I > downloaded it from the apache website- > > But I do not know how to install it, as I have always installed the > applications from the ports ( make install) > > How do I go about installing it on FreeBSD 6.2 ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > Network Administrator > Information Technology > Family Care International > 588 Broadway Suite 503 > New York, NY 10012 > Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36 > Fax: 212-941-5563 > Mailto: Jnatola@Familycareintl.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you're lucky, you can follow the default installation guide given with the app. Keep in mind though, that it may install by default to a location other than /usr/local and won't have the fbsd-specific rc.d script(s). Assuming that the app hasn't changed much since the ports version, you can probably keep using the old rc script though. If you have trouble, seek guidance from the porters handbook. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html