From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 29 20:25:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15599 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:25:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ikhala.tcimet.net (ikhala.tcimet.net [198.109.166.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15557 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:24:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dervish@ikhala.tcimet.net) Received: (from dervish@localhost) by ikhala.tcimet.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA19362; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 23:29:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dervish) From: bush doctor Message-Id: <199806300329.XAA19362@ikhala.tcimet.net> Subject: Re: Ports Collection In-Reply-To: from Brett Taylor at "Jun 29, 98 11:48:36 am" To: brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu (Brett Taylor) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 23:29:02 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Once upon a time said: > Hi, > > > > > > > How do you install the ports collection after Installation. > > typically you do the following > > 1) log in as root > > 2) cd /usr/ports/port-category/port > > 3) make install > > No no no - this won't work as he doesn't HAVE the ports tree isntalled. oops ... > > You can do this w/ sysinstall still. Start up sysinstall. Choose > distributions, then custom and scroll down. On the 2nd page you'll find > the ports distribution. Select and off you go! right!! > > Brett > *********************************************************** > Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu > http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ > > How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a light > bulb? Zero. They declared Darkness[tm] the standard. -- bush doctor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message