From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 25 13: 6: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB5C215802 for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 13:06:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA06982; Tue, 25 May 1999 13:05:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:05:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Thomas Widlundh Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: ports!? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 25 May 1999, Thomas Widlundh wrote: > Installing ports from the CD-ROM with /stand/sysinstall works fine. > But installing from ftp seems to work less good. > BUT... when I try to redirect the target directory it doesn't work at all! > I try "install PREFIX=/other install". It starts alright, but failes, > especially if there are dependies. > I tried to install xv and xpaint in another location, but it failed on some > tiff- and jpg-directories (dependies). > My 2nd disk with /usr is growing filled up, but my !st disk is almost empty, so > I would appreciate very much it someone can point out a solution. You have to populate the ports' directory in /usr/ports/category/XX for the automatic dependency resolution to work. If you're running out of space, get into the habit of running 'make install clean' on ports so it wipes their work/ directories. You can also clear /usr/ports/distfiles. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message