Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41662 - projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <201305181809.r4II90dV062395@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: trhodes Date: Sat May 18 18:09:00 2013 New Revision: 41662 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41662 Log: Alter the title name here, it's bad (though I doubt my re-word is much of an improvement). Add information on where documentation is actually installed rather than just recommend a user read it. Add some <replaceable> tags. More coming. Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Sat May 18 17:29:30 2013 (r41661) +++ projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Sat May 18 18:09:00 2013 (r41662) @@ -1778,17 +1778,25 @@ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ </sect1> <sect1 id="ports-nextsteps"> - <title>Post-installation Activities</title> + <title>Working With Installed Ports</title> - <para>After installing a new application you will normally want to - read any documentation it may have included, edit any - required configuration files, and ensure that the - application's service starts at boot time.</para> - - <para>The exact steps you need to take to configure each - application will obviously be different. However, if you have - just installed a new application and are wondering - <quote>What now?</quote> these tips might help:</para> + <para>Most third party applications will need some level of + configuration after they were installed. This may be a simple + configuration file alteration, or perhaps the application will + just generate a configuration file. Most applications will + have documentation installed into + <filename role="directory">/usr/local/share/doc</filename> and + manual pages. This documentation should be consulted before + continuing. Some applications run services which must be added + to the <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file before + starting.</para> + + <para>The following list contains useful information for + post-install port management. In several cases, finding + the location of binaries if they were installed outside + of the <envar>PATH</envar>. Users of &man.csh.1; should run + the <command>rehash</command> to rebuild the known binary + list in the shells <envar>PATH</envar>.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> @@ -1796,7 +1804,7 @@ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ installed, and where. For example, if you have just installed FooPackage version 1.0.0, then this command</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_info -L foopackage-1.0.0 | less</userinput></screen> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_info -L <replaceable>foopackage-1.0.0</replaceable> | less</userinput></screen> <para>will show all the files installed by the package. Pay special attention to files located in
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