Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:40:22 -0700 From: "Tom Connolly" <tomc@cqg.com> To: "'Nikolas Britton'" <freebsd@nbritton.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: cvsup newbie questions Message-ID: <003b01c4e489$6497d0e0$9a11a8c0@d3stomc> In-Reply-To: <41C35AD1.8020703@nbritton.org>
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Do a "make BATCH=yes install clean" Then it is set for all meta ports as well. I had to find this out the hard way. It took 3 days to install Gnome. I kept coming back to a menu configuration screen. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Nikolas Britton [mailto:freebsd@nbritton.org] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:17 PM To: Tom Connolly Cc: 'Joshua Lokken'; 'Kevin Smith'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup newbie questions Tom Connolly wrote: >[snip] >If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup >the ports tree (ports-all), then cd into the directory for the gnome >meta-port (it builds gnome and alot of associated apps) and build it, >like so: > ># cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 ># make install clean > > there is also gnome2-lite, gnome2-fifth-toe, gnome2-office, and gnome2-power-tools >Make sure you set BATCH=yes or when you get home you will have a very >annoying configuration menu on your screen asking you what you want to >install. > > set BATCH=yes where and what does it do with the optional make options, esp for meta ports?home | help
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