From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 25 14:19:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E04416A400 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:19:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@cpcnw.co.uk) Received: from pih-relay05.plus.net (pih-relay05.plus.net [212.159.14.132]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095F313C44C for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:19:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@cpcnw.co.uk) Received: from [81.174.174.115] (helo=3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk) by pih-relay05.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1I2pPA-000852-RH for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:19:01 +0100 Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:18:58 +0100 From: Graham Bentley To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070625151858.20ee23ad@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070625120019.668D416A49A@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070625120019.668D416A49A@hub.freebsd.org> Organization: Custom PC North West X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-unknown-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Starting again from Scratch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:19:04 -0000 OK, I am fairly new to FreeBSD and returning from a long while away. I am currently working on an install I have performed from the 6.2 release discs I downloaded several days ago. I chose X-Kern-Dev install and have a mixed bag of pkg_add -r packages, some programs I have downloaded and compiled from source from developers sites (Claws-mail and Xfce4 to name 2) as well as apps I cd'ed into into /usr/ports/name and made [nvidia for 1] Whilst I am aware there are more than serveral ways of doing things and for different reasons I am inviting advice on my target install which is a 'desktop' for basic office use, based on Xfce4. I would like to thank Nikola for his advice and also ask what is the generally accepted method of installing / keeping updated way of getting things done? I am only aware of the names cvsup, portupgrade, portmanager, portsnap, make world etc and am getting this round my neck a bit but this is what I have summized ; 1) Do basic [minimal] install of 6.2 rel from disc 1 2) pkg_add cvsup-without-gui and get the latest ports installed 3) Build *everything* from this ports tree [including base/kernel?] 4) Find out how to keep updated / informed on updates to packages I have installed, and do so where necessary. If anyone can advise, point me in the direction of tutorials or step by steps, on the above It would be greatly appreciated. I would like to understand why its not so great to just install everything from pkg_add, whats the advantages of ports etc Until then I am enjoying using my i386-unknown-freebsd6.2 installation - even if it more by good luck than good management :) Thanks in advance of time spent in replying !