Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 15:43:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Newell <mnewell@kaizen.net> To: David H <dhawk@netcom.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Example of How to Use Ports? Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960408151445.10936B-100000@dada.kaizen.net> In-Reply-To: <199604081740.KAA07361@netcom13.netcom.com>
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I have the CD-ROM so I get my ports from there. To set up for doing ports first I created /usr/ports and put a link to the /cdrom/dists directory [so that if the distribution is on the CD it doesn't have to be FTP'd]: a. mkdir /usr/ports b. ln -s /cdrom/ports/distfiles /usr/ports/distfiles You only need to do this once. Then to get a port called "myport" all you need to do is: 1. cd /cdrom/ports/WHEREVER/myport 2. mkdir /usr/ports/myport 3. find . -depth -print | cpio -pd /usr/ports/myport This copies the distribution for the port to the /usr/ports directory. Then all you have to do is build the port: 4. cd /usr/ports/myport 5. make install That's the process I use; works for me... :-) Mike On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, David H wrote: > I've been wanting to install tinyfugue on my system, but haven't > been able to figure out the ports setup. My machine has a T1 > connection (which is how I get to it) but the cd-rom drive died, > so I've been unable to see if what I need is on the cd-rom. > > I've read through the web page stuff about ports, but it didn't quite > jell for me. What would be very helpful is a walk-through, like > a 1-2-3 list of > 1. mkdir /usr/ports > 2. put something in a file > etc. > > Anything like that available? > > Thanks. > > later, david > -- > David Hawkins - dhawk@netcom.com - DoD#1113 > There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of > humor, and that he has never known trouble. -- Sinclair Lewis, "Main Street" >
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