Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:19:47 +0200 From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> To: jim@blues.ghis.net Cc: "Timothy T. Smith" <tim@v-com.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using sysinstall to add ports? Message-ID: <3723CD43.E1AA45D1@partitur.se> References: <2.2.32.19990424022909.007128e8@mail.v-com.com> <19990424124932.A24494@blues.ghis.net>
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Jim Mock wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 at 19:29:09 -0700, Timothy T. Smith wrote: > > First let me say, that I usually just run the make in the skeleton > > of the port I'm interested and normally that's about it. > > > > But, I decided to use Sysintsall this time round. > > > > Hmmm. Bad choice? > > > > Well, I go through to try to install a port (via FTP) and it > > certainly looks like it's downloading something and doing a pkg_add > > and all, but after all is said and done I have nada. > > > > Looking at the ports menu, there is an X that marks the port. So, > > something thinks it's installed. But I certainly can't find it. No > > tarball to be found. Running make, it wants to download the tarball > > again. > > Correct, it's a _package_ being installed, not a port.. two separate > animals =) > > > Maybe I don't understand what's supposed to be happening when I use > > Sysinstall to install a port. I tried pouring through the site, but > > couldn't find anything to really describe the process. Just a lot > > about using pkg_add, which I haven't needed to use...yet. > > You're not installing ports through sysinstall, you're installing a > package. It's doing everything it's supposed to do, just not what > you're expecting =) > > > So, in reagard to Sysinstall to install a port.... > > > > 1. What's it really do? > > Installs the binary package, not a port. > > > 2. How can I verify that it really did it? > > Run what you installed. > > > 3. What am I expected to do afterwards? > > Run what you installed. > > > 4. How can I tell what ports are REALLY installed? > > ls /var/db/pkg or pkg_info -Ia Also, check man pages for pkg_info(1) and pkg_add(1). Cheers! /Palle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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