Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 22:06:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: "N. Thomas" <nthomas@cise.ufl.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: building ports *outside* /usr Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10204282158260.20886-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020429045250.GA3915@cise.ufl.edu>
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On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, N. Thomas wrote: > * Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> [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 > > I have installed the ports collection somewhere other than /usr (e.g., in /usr/local/ports) and set the variable PORTSDIR to wherever it was located. I have found that not everything works, e.g., make search does not work. Various people have suggested fixes for this particular problem, but I also found that some stuff just didn't compile, although most stuff did. However, the ports collection installs with directories owned by root:wheel, and writable only by root. You would, I think, have to get the ports collection installed and owned by you as a user in order to be able to build. The default installation location is /usr/local except for X stuff, which is /usr/X11R6. You'd have to deal with that issue too. See /usr/ports/Mk for the makefiles that are used (they are actually quite complicated). Most of the software is buildable and runnable by a user without root privileges, but of course not installable in the regular structure. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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