From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 9 23:12:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cask.force9.net (cask.force9.net [195.166.128.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BDAD214BD7 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 23:12:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ric@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk) Received: (qmail 4422 invoked from network); 10 Nov 1999 07:12:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk) (212.56.95.239) by cask.force9.net with SMTP; 10 Nov 1999 07:12:20 -0000 Message-ID: <38291AA7.CEA2FBE9@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 07:11:35 +0000 From: Richard Morte X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB,en-US,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Sayer Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Installing GDBM_File (was: Location of GDBM_File in FreeBSD 3.2_Release) References: <38284AF0.8DA6F7E1@quack.kfu.com> <3828AD73.5F6989BE@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> <3828F1D4.B0141730@quack.kfu.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nick Sayer wrote: > > There is now a port called p5-GDBM. Fetch it when it becomes available > on your nearest > ftp mirror and run a 'make install' inside it. That simple. > > Fetching a port means doing something like: > > fetch > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/databases/p5-GDBM.tar > tar xf p5-GDBM.tar > cd p5-GDBM > make install > > At that point a 'use GDBM_File' in perl should work. > Nick, thank you very much for this one. Just to be clear about this: 1. Do I need to do anything with the existing files in /usr/ports/databases/gdbm _before_ fetching and untarring? 2. Is it best (essential?) to go into /usr/src/contrib/perl5/ext/GDBM_File and do a `make deinstall' on the current GDBM before making the new one - or doesn't it matter? 3. When the tarball is fetched, do I have to be in any specific directory on the ports tree or does fetch put it in the right place (presumably /usr/ports/databases/p5-gdbm)? Kind regards, Ric PS. Sorry my direct e-mail to you bounced - I guess you picked up on my cc to FreeBSD questions! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message