From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 20 21:16:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6910106566B for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc2-s36.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s36.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FD178FC15 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:16:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BAY126-DS3 ([65.55.131.30]) by bay0-omc2-s36.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:16:33 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [68.49.20.121] X-Originating-Email: [millenia2000@hotmail.com] Message-ID: From: "Sean Cavanaugh" To: "Noah" , "User Questions" References: <4ADE1F2A.6020601@enabled.com> In-Reply-To: <4ADE1F2A.6020601@enabled.com> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:16:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8064.206 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8064.206 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Oct 2009 21:16:33.0893 (UTC) FILETIME=[99CAD150:01CA51CA] Cc: Subject: Re: how to build from ports without downloading ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:16:34 -0000 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Noah" Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:35 PM To: "User Questions" Subject: how to build from ports without downloading ports > Hi there, > > I have a server with minimal disk space. is there a way to build from > ports without downloading ports or only downloading what is needed for the > build and then it is removed? > I assume you mean that you have such little space that you would not be able to download an entire port and its prerequisites and then delete it after everything is compiled and installed as you could with a simple "make install clean" I would recommend doing make install clean in spurts so that you don't run out of space (get a couple of prerequisites out of the way at a time), or install the packages for the programs you want and then update them with ports.