Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:50:12 +0000 From: Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Items exist in ports, but not as packages. Message-ID: <a1138db30502210250122287f7@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I've been trying to install a few packages using 'pkg_add -r' but I have found that there are a few which only exist as ports, and not packages. The main one which I am missing is 'vtk-tcl'. Is it generally the case that the precompiled packages are not always available when the ports are? According to freshports.org I should be able to use 'pkg_add -r' for vtk-tcl. Unfortunately I am only allowed (by the girlfriend) to play with FreeBSD on an old 1 gig disk and so I don't have the space to install ports. Are there any other sources of precompiled packages which I could use? Is there a way to install just the portion of the ports tree which I need? -- Paul Richards
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