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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 15:43:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Newell <mnewell@kaizen.net>
To: David H <dhawk@netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: Example of How to Use Ports?
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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"
>