Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:34:33 -0700 From: "PetBuilder" <petbuilder@mediaone.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Which Ports are what Message-ID: <003001c14488$4ce93f00$0100a8c0@home> References: <000f01c14469$9a0a0f90$0100a8c0@home> <3BAE4B4A.1670903C@iowna.com>
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Ok, I sorry I don't know the exact terminology, but please bare with me. What I want to do, Now that I finally got Apache loaded (thanks to everyone who helped), is to get perl 5.6 loaded. I usually use ActiveState's perl 5.6 with Win2000 and it is easy to install. Is there a ActiveState package available in the ports section that is available for download and do I need to do anything special to get it to work with apache 2.0.16. When I go to the Perl5 section of the ports area there is 533 files to choose from. I cannot find perl 5.6 only 5.005. Is this the only package available for FreeBSD (in the ported section) or am I missing something? Also, what additional files are recommended with the program. Thank You all for your help, Thank You, Craig Rose Web-Zonic, Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com> To: "PetBuilder" <petbuilder@mediaone.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 1:51 PM Subject: Re: Which Ports are what PetBuilder wrote: > > Durring the install, I chose to install the ports collection. Later during > the install it asked me if I want to install a peticular port now. > I looked at all the files and could not identify any of them. Is there a > list somewhere that tells you which file name is what? I guarantee that you'll get better responses if you take some time to phrase your question better and include some details. I read this thing over about twelve times, and I'm only guessing that I understand what you're asking. If you're asking how to figure out which port does what, the easiest way is to surf through the port information at http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ If you're curious about what's installed and so forth, /var/db/pkg contains a subdirectory for each installed package, there are files in there with a list of all files installed, as well as descriptions. (all simple ASCII text files) You may want to take the time to read the handbook section so you understand the difference between ports and packages, as it appears to me that you're getting the two confused: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html I hope I've answered your question. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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