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Gary Palmer wrote:

> > my machines are not networked, so i need to install some ports
> > manually, why is there no file that says:
> > 
> > put this here, put that there, check for this, make sure of that,
> > then MAKE ... ?
> 
> probably 'cos it's not really needed. 99% of the time the ports
> collection works flawlessly.
> 
> You want to put:
> 
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/ucd-snmp-3.1.tar.gz
> 
> into /usr/ports/distfiles. 

ok, i'll re-fetch this (source code) ... it exists as named.

> Then you get ucd-snmp.tar.gz from
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/net/ and put it
> anywhere you like. Then you do:

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/net/ucd-snmp contains:

Makefile
files/(md5)
pathces/(patch-aa, patch-ab, patch-ac, patch-ad)
pkg/(COMMENT, DESCR, PLIST)

there is no ucd-snmp.tar.gz in there ... 
and i'm scared that i should know what to do with the above files ...

> tar -zxf ucd-snmp.tar.gz
> cd ucd-snmp
> make
> su  (superfluous if you are already root)
> make install

i can handle this! :)
 
> That should work. If not, I really suggest you take this up with the
> ports mailing list (ports@freebsd.org)

i'll take this advice also ...