From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 28 21:53: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.cise.ufl.edu (beach.cise.ufl.edu [128.227.205.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5BCA37B41E for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 21:52:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shine.cise.ufl.edu (shine.cise.ufl.edu [128.227.205.227]) by mail.cise.ufl.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2576C6B18 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:52:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nthomas@localhost) by shine.cise.ufl.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id AAA04206 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:52:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:52:51 -0400 From: "N. Thomas" To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: building ports *outside* /usr Message-ID: <20020429045250.GA3915@cise.ufl.edu> References: <20020429042001.GA28503@cise.ufl.edu> <20020429063551.H501-100000@small.pukruppa.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020429063551.H501-100000@small.pukruppa.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Peter Ulrich Kruppa [2002-04-29 06:41:39 +0000]: > > > > > > What is the best way to do this, i.e. is there documentation available for > > compiling packages outside /usr/ports? > > As a "regular user" you are not allowed to install software - you > would need root access for this. hi Uli, I think you misunderstood what I intended to do. I want to compile software and install in my home directory for my own personal use. I never mean for this to be installed system wide. thomas -- N. Thomas nthomas@cise.ufl.edu Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message