Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:11:23 -0800 (PST) From: saravanan ganapathy <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port update problem - newbie Message-ID: <20050124131123.34751.qmail@web51701.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <41F20A55.8030803@taborandtashell.net>
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--- Tabor Kelly <tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net> wrote: > saravanan ganapathy wrote: > > <snip> > > > --- Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> wrote: > > Since I am very new to freebsd, I am not sure abt > the > > ports collections which I don't want. > > Since you are new, I will give you some (ports) > advice: > > 1. Always update all of your ports so that you can > use portupgrade. > 2. Use portupgrade. > 3. Read /usr/ports/UPDATING if you want things to go > smoothly. > 4. If you forget step 3, and step 3 happens to have > some bad news in it > (usually pertaining to gettext), 'portupgrade -rRf > [some port]' can work > wonders. > 5. Don't forget to do a 'portsdb -uU' after > cvsup'ing your ports. > > My quick start to portupgrade: > http://tabor.taborandtashell.net/serversetup/ports.html > Where I learned about portupgrade: > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html > The above link was very useful to me and I 've learnt the portupgrade procedure. I am also looking for package management. I know that a package can be installed using 'pkg_add -r sendmail'. But how to keep update these packages like ports? I need to choose either ports or packages. Sarav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
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