From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 29 13:20:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f229.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.23.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB73B37B41B for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:20:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:20:34 -0800 Received: from 170.142.78.217 by lw15fd.law15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:20:34 GMT X-Originating-IP: [170.142.78.217] From: "Zach Barnett" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Packages and Ports Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:20:34 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Mar 2002 21:20:34.0777 (UTC) FILETIME=[906D4C90:01C1D767] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm new to Freebsd, and I've been trying to learn about packages and ports. The manuals I'm using are the "Freebsd Handbook" and "The Complete Freebsd". Both do an ample job of explaining how to install both items, but I would like a little more "meat" if you will. Could someone please boil down the differences between the two, how they interrelate, and the pros and cons of each? Thank-you, Zach _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message