From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 19 07:57:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA10017 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Apr 1996 07:57:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jbrann.dialup.access.net (jbrann.dialup.access.net [166.84.193.118]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA10012 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 1996 07:57:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbrann@localhost) by jbrann.dialup.access.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA00258; Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:58:14 -0400 Message-Id: <199604191458.KAA00258@jbrann.dialup.access.net> Subject: Re: How to set up /usr/ports ? To: mac@nibsc.ac.uk Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:58:13 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (freeq) In-Reply-To: <199604191308.OAA28396@chalsig.nibsc.ac.uk> from "mac@nibsc.ac.uk" at "Apr 19, 96 02:08:01 pm" From: John Brann Reply-To: John Brann Organisation: Not while I'm at home X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL13 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk mac@nibsc.ac.uk wrote... > Hi, > Having not installed /usr/ports (the ports collection) at initial > install time, I'd now like to. How, and why can't I find it in the > handbook/FAQ ? There is a section on the ports collection. Actually, the place you install the ports is not critical (except, maybe, for the distfiles directory, I haven't had to look into the Makefiles...). But /usr/ports would probably be best. > > I have found the ports collection on an ftp site, but it's a complete directroy > structure. I can't (elegantly) ftp it. Is it available in 'pieces' like the > bin and src distributions? Oh yes you can :-) try 'get ports.tar.gz' - the ftpd at ftp.freebsd.org is smart enough to tar and gzip the structure for you. You can then unwind the resulting tarball at your leisure. > > Mac > Assistant Systems Adminstrator @nibsc.ac.uk > > mac@nibsc.ac.uk (also postmaster) > Work: 01707 654753 x 285 Everything else: 0956 237670 (any time) > Regards, John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key