Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:46:38 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: Ricardo Javier Aranibar Le?n <ricardo_jal@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Message-ID: <20030421224638.GD70701@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <Law9-F50vGMVJ7Anvce0000669d@hotmail.com> References: <Law9-F50vGMVJ7Anvce0000669d@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 03:36:08PM +0000 or thereabouts, Ricardo Javier Aranibar Le?n seemed to write: > > Hi List, > > I'm new with this O.S. > I have a problem, I recently download FreeBSD releases 5.0 I can > installed without problem but I need packages or ports for another > aplications for example apache, postgres, php etc. > I like to know which is better packages or ports. > I like donwload "all" and How i can installed this (packages or ports) > in my box? > and Where I can download the current versions for this (packages or > ports) ? It Depends(tm). Packages are pre-built binaries. Just download and install. Simple. See `man pkg_add' for more info. However, I like ports more. The control files live in /usr/ports, but the programs themselves don't live there. They're downloaded when you compile the port. BTW, ports take longer because they're built from source code, but then they'll also be `personalized' for your machine. Ports are divided into categories (www, irc, mail, editors, shells, etc.) To get a list of categories: $ ls -d /usr/ports/[a-z]* To look in a category: $ cd /usr/ports/CATEGORY $ ls Find a port you like, then `cd /usr/ports/CATEGORY/PORT' and, as root: # make install It is pretty impractical to try to download all the ports -- some are pretty obscure. It'll download the ones you choose to install automatically. Hope this helps, -- Josh > > Regards Ricardo. > _________________________________________________________________ > > Charla con tus amigos en l?nea mediante MSN Messenger: [1]Haz clic > aqu? > > References > > 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMVES/2734 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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