Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 03:02:39 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: "Jay Oliver" <kythorn@scorched.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to manage "packages" after installation, that were installed DURING installation Message-ID: <4831.952477359@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Mar 2000 17:37:38 EST." <005d01bf8885$bf4fa900$2260e4d0@CHAOS>
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 17:37:38 EST, "Jay Oliver" wrote: > I realize this is going to sound like a stupid question, but how do you > manage "packages" (ports?) First off, check out the pkg_version(8) manual page if it exists on your system. If not, update to a recent version of FreeBSD. It's a very helpful utility. > but a majority of things that ARE available in the ports section > (TCL, XFree86, etc), if you choose to install these as part of the > actual installation process, you have no way to be dealing with them > afterwards, Could you give us examples of packages which you elected to install from sysinstall that do not show up with either pkg_version(8) or the following command: ls /var/db/pkg ? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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