Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:47:19 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: dvelez502@verizon.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports Message-ID: <20040511164719.GE34949@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <20040511161102.EYTJ3317.out006.verizon.net@outgoing.verizon.net> References: <20040511161102.EYTJ3317.out006.verizon.net@outgoing.verizon.net>
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--//IivP0gvsAy3Can Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable dvelez502@verizon.net wrote: > Hi, I am running freeBSD 5.1. =20 > =20 > I read the handbook on updating the ports system. The =20 > updated ports were placed in the /home/ncvs/ports. I cd=20 > to the /home/ncvs/ports/3ddesktop. I typed the usual=20 > make install clean as root. I gotten this error message:=20 > =20 > make: don't know how to make install. Stop=20 > =20 > =20 > But, when I build from the default directory=20 > /usr/ports/package-name it compiles and install=20 > the package fine. The 33desktop is not in the=20 > /usr/ports directory, but in the /home/ncvs/ports=20 > directory. I want to install this package but I=20 > get the error above. If you can help, I surely appreciate it.=20 Hi, sounds like you have fetched the ports-CVS collection. The easiest way to update your ports collection in /usr/ports is to edit a copy of=20 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile and specify an appropriate CVSup server. Simon --//IivP0gvsAy3Can Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAoQOXCkn+/eutqCoRAn1eAKCEvv9AfCXMCi09UQgobD8pItCWhQCdEoHR AqYC68b3JFZ+vkZBdLe4Uvk= =hzqr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --//IivP0gvsAy3Can--
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