Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:58:17 -0800 From: Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@gmail.com> To: "devnull@plugthebox.net" <devnull@plugthebox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Debian apt-get / FreeBSD ports Message-ID: <6acc6ca40601241058r52970da6r7bce47b13620a5ad@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1138124859.3877.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1138124859.3877.4.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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> I come from a Debian background, i normally 'apt-get update' the list of > the packages that apt-get mirrors serve before 'apt-get install'ing any > package. Is there anything like that while using FreeBSD ports? If no, > How does ports know what are the versions of the latest packages? I have had good results using the portsnap and portupgrade/portinstall utilities. The other responses you've received point to the relevant parts of the FreeBSD handbook/manual pages. Enjoy FreeBSD!
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