Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 02:31:33 -0500 From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> To: leer10@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-QUESTIONS@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports directory Message-ID: <19990203023133E.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Feb 1999 23:02:02 PST" <19990203070208.7340.qmail@hotmail.com> References: <19990203070208.7340.qmail@hotmail.com>
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From: "Lionel Echeverria" <leer10@hotmail.com> > Hi there! I recently installed FreeBSD 2.2.8 on my PC from the CD-Rom > collection; therefore I also installed a few packages that should appear > in the /usr/ports directory. However, while it appears that the > packages were installed, when I go to the /usr directory, the ports > directory does not appear to be there, so I can't configure things like > Mesa or Kde. Also, when I run /stand/sysinstall, the packages appear > marked with an X, meaning that the packages were in fact installed, but > are nowhere to be found in the /usr directory. Can you help me out with > this problem? Thanks. Hi Lionel, I think you're a bit confused. That's Ok, I am too :-) Think of a FreeBSD package as a precompiled port. There are many ports which don't get made into packages for the CD, but every normal package has a corresponding port it was created from. I say 'normal package' because there are a couple which were either manually assembled or the corresponding 'ports' was never publicly released. So, to answer your question: Don't look in /usr/ports expecting to find packages. Have a peek at /usr/local/bin to see if you have gobs of programs installed in there. You can also look at /var/db/pkg to determine just which packages are installed. HTH, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net > Sincerly, > Lionel Echeverrķa > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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