From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 18 16:21:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A538637B401 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:21:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (imap.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C03643F3F for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:21:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 10924 invoked by uid 65534); 18 Aug 2003 23:21:26 -0000 Received: from dsl-cust-145.openweb.ca (EHLO [64.39.186.145]) (64.39.186.145) by mail.gmx.net (mp012) with SMTP; 19 Aug 2003 01:21:26 +0200 From: Adam McLaurin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <011e01c365de$8b53b5d0$04fea8c0@moe> References: <011e01c365de$8b53b5d0$04fea8c0@moe> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-wM85goYPfXzAlKKDk7xR" Message-Id: <1061248883.14034.21.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:21:24 -0400 Subject: Re: Ports vs. Packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:21:29 -0000 --=-wM85goYPfXzAlKKDk7xR Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 19:14, Charles Howse wrote: > I'm confused ( which is not an uncommon occurrence ), let's say I know I > don't need to edit the source code of any of the additional software > that I plan to install, but I want the latest version. >=20 > Should I install from ports or sysistall/packages/FTP? >=20 > I just installed Midnight Commander from ports ( make && make install && > make clean ), and with all the dependencies, it took over 30 minutes on > my Celeron 300 w/64 MB, vs. less than a minute from sysinstall. Neither. I'd recommend installing sysutils/portupgrade and using the portinstall option to fetch & install packages (so you always get the latest version). Check the -P and -PP options to portinstall. Note that doing this will require you to have an updated ports tree. You'll need to cvsup your ports regularly (net/cvsup-without-gui). There are many threads on the mailing lists with detailed information on how to cvsup your ports tree and rebuild your INDEX. --=20 Adam McLaurin --=-wM85goYPfXzAlKKDk7xR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/QV9zt+DSc2Q4lGYRAnpVAJ4ioN2chJzPN47SHFVHTBXy4P6pYwCgvXPR OuTd5K9fL9dQ1LX2SGHTbXQ= =agIO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-wM85goYPfXzAlKKDk7xR--