From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 29 10:49:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA29829 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:49:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peloton.physics.montana.edu (peloton.physics.montana.edu [153.90.192.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29794 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:49:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Received: from localhost (brett@localhost) by peloton.physics.montana.edu (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA10392; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:48:36 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:48:36 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor To: bush doctor cc: Brendan Kosowski , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ports Collection In-Reply-To: <199806291431.KAA17428@ikhala.tcimet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > > > > How do you install the ports collection after Installation. > typically you do the following > 1) log in as root > 2) cd /usr/ports/port-category/port > 3) make install No no no - this won't work as he doesn't HAVE the ports tree isntalled. You can do this w/ sysinstall still. Start up sysinstall. Choose distributions, then custom and scroll down. On the 2nd page you'll find the ports distribution. Select and off you go! Brett *********************************************************** Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a light bulb? Zero. They declared Darkness[tm] the standard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message