From owner-svn-doc-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 18 18:09:00 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF08AAEB; Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 912FEBEC; Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r4II90Hl062396; Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:00 GMT (envelope-from trhodes@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from trhodes@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.5/Submit) id r4II90dV062395; Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:00 GMT (envelope-from trhodes@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201305181809.r4II90dV062395@svn.freebsd.org> From: Tom Rhodes Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-projects MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for doc projects trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:00 -0000 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 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/ - Post-installation Activities + Working With Installed Ports - 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. - - 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 - What now? these tips might help: + 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 + /usr/local/share/doc and + manual pages. This documentation should be consulted before + continuing. Some applications run services which must be added + to the /etc/rc.conf file before + starting. + + 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 PATH. Users of &man.csh.1; should run + the rehash to rebuild the known binary + list in the shells PATH. @@ -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 - &prompt.root; pkg_info -L foopackage-1.0.0 | less + &prompt.root; pkg_info -L foopackage-1.0.0 | less will show all the files installed by the package. Pay special attention to files located in