From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Dec 26 8:47:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 83B2F15078 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 1999 08:47:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 4061 invoked from network); 26 Dec 1999 16:47:09 -0000 Received: from userbo01.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.145.151) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 26 Dec 1999 16:47:09 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id QAA19213; Sun, 26 Dec 1999 16:47:01 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 16:47:01 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: david@allunix.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE Message-ID: <19991226164701.G327@marder-1> References: <199912261655.IAA01569@web1.allunix.com> <19991226155432.E327@marder-1> <199912261712.JAA01598@web1.allunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <199912261712.JAA01598@web1.allunix.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 08:09:21AM -0800, david@allunix.com wrote: > Thanks for the prompt reply. Is there a way to install the packages > using a user defined prefix such as /opt/kde ? I can build using the > ports collection, but getting it to install where I want is another > issue. > ``pkg_add -p'' is what you want, I think. man pkg_add should explain it. Note that you'll have to use pkg_add(1) directly rather than /stand/sysinstall. HTH Seasons Greetings. > On 26 Dec 99, at 15:54, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 07:51:59AM -0800, david@allunix.com wrote: > > > Could someone point me in the right direction as to how to go > > > about building KDE 1.1.2 without using the ports collection. > > > > > > > Try the packages > > > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/kde/ > > > > kde-1.1.2.tgz is the meta-port that installs the whole shooting-match > > > > HTH > > > -- "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture that allows you to install Windows too" -Matthew D. Fuller ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message