Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:15:42 -0500 From: Tom Moyer <tommoyer@gmail.com> To: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installation Question 5.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <1486736304111906153cab8b28@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d9175cad04111820227396e9a7@mail.gmail.com> References: <148673630411182008412a23a6@mail.gmail.com> <d9175cad04111820227396e9a7@mail.gmail.com>
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I'm looking for an easy way to obtain all the packages/port distfiles at once and then put them on a cd so I can do that. I would like to be able to do it without having to manually fetch all the dependancies as well. On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:22:22 -0600, Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have the 5.3-RELEASE CD which I have used to install 5.3 on a laptop > > I have. I would like to add packages/ports now but have a slight > > issue. The laptop doesn't have internet access. Nor is there any > > easy way to put it on the internet. How can I go about installing > > both packages and ports on this laptop? > > > > There are many packages that came with the CDs upon release. Those > are always available to you. It seems as though you must have some > method of getting to the internet. If you acquire packages or > required distribution files for building a given port via the internet > and then put it on transferrable media (like a CD-RW, for instance) > you should be able to install them off of that media. For ports, you > get the files that the given port requires (in > /usr/ports/<portcategory>/<portname>/distinfo, IIRC) and put them in > /usr/ports/distfiles and for packages, you simply get the package and > pkg_add <packageFile>. > > -- > If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised. >
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