Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:39:06 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: Daniel Cuthbert <daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing software Message-ID: <20000712153906.E37276@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <NEBBLHOMMLHCGDHCGIHDEEFACAAA.daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com>; from daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com on Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 02:36:01PM %2B0100 References: <20000712092726.V25603@shell.wetworks.org> <NEBBLHOMMLHCGDHCGIHDEEFACAAA.daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com>
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You don't need to untar it. The ports collection does everything for you. For eg: if you go to /usr/ports/editors/vim5, it will automatically download the source for you, untar it, configure it, compile it, and then install it for you. :) I would suggest looking at the FreeBSD handbook section on ports. Look at : http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports.html Cheers, Marc On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 02:36:01PM +0100, Daniel Cuthbert wrote: > Hi all > > im a bit confused when it comes to installing packages in FreeBSD > on the ports homepage, if you download say the vmware package, it comes down > as a tar file > now where do i untar this to? > > also what was the ports collection i installed on installation? does that > contact the package aswell > > sorry if this seems confusing but im kinda confused aswell at the mo > > cheers > > dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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