From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jun 5 16:49:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from scanmail1.cableone.net (scanmail1.cableone.net [24.116.0.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DF337B415 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:48:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scanmail1.cableone.net ([10.116.0.121]) by scanmail1.cableone.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.687.68); Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:44:56 -0700 Received: from scanmail1.cableone.net [24.116.0.121] by scanmail1.cableone.net (SMTPD32-7.04) id A266FAC012C; Wed, 05 Jun 2002 16:44:56 -0700 Received: from (227-51.siocpe.cableone.net [24.116.227.51]) by mail.cableone.net with SMTP (MailShield v2.04 - WIN32 Jul 17 2001 17:12:42); Wed, 05 Jun 2002 16:44:56 -0600 Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:47:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Lute Mullenix X-X-Sender: lute@agnes To: Grant Cooper Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbie-can't install ports In-Reply-To: <001601c20ce5$538822b0$be83cecd@TCOOPER> Message-ID: <20020605183825.V6536-100000@agnes> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SMTP-HELO: 227-51.siocpe.cableone.net X-SMTP-MAIL-FROM: lute@cableone.net X-SMTP-RCPT-TO: grant.cooper@nucleus.com,freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG X-SMTP-PEER-INFO: 227-51.siocpe.cableone.net [24.116.227.51] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org on Jun 5, Grant Cooper pondered: > I just tried to install a shell but can't install it. After reading the documentation I have 2 questions. > > >From default install 4.5 I was asked to install 100 megs worth of ports. I did this. > > when I go to the /user/ports/ I see a bunch of files. Are these the files I compile to install the software? Or do I have to be connected to the internet to ftp the files because it keeps on getting the error message, "Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/" > > Second question, Is a script installed by default? > Yes you need to be hooked up to the Internet to use the ports, as far as I know anyway, because they download the source which is then compiled (built) and installed on your system. I have been installing all of my software that way for a couple of months now. If you have a good connection and a relatively fast machine it's quick and painless. However some programs are large and take some time. I have a 766 MHz machine and Mozilla took well over an hour to compile. On the script question, I know some are, but don't know enough about them to give you more of an answer than that. Lute Triple Boot: FreeBSD 4.5 Release Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Windows ME (Hey, it came with the system) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message