Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:23:20 -0500 From: leegold <leegold@operamail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ports vs. packages Message-ID: <3BFA63E0@operamail.com>
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Trying to get a handle on difference between ports and packages re: FreeBsd. "To Port" the verb, means to make an application, a program "runnable" on a particular OS. "A Port" the noun, is usually source code, config scripts, other stuff, that a user runs the "make" command on to compile & install a new program. A Package is a (compiled) binary, along with "other stuff" that installs a new program. FreeBsd has a ports collection which we can install on our system it serves as kind of a database to tell us what ports and pakages ie. what programs we have installed. Is this close to reality? Thanks. PS given a choice between installing a program via a port vs. a package what should one do? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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