Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:29:09 -0700 From: "Timothy T. Smith" <tim@v-com.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: using sysinstall to add ports? Message-ID: <2.2.32.19990424022909.007128e8@mail.v-com.com>
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First let me say, that I usually just run the make in the skeleton of the port I'm interested and normally that's about it. But, I decided to use Sysintsall this time round. Hmmm. Bad choice? Well, I go through to try to install a port (via FTP) and it certainly looks like it's downloading something and doing a pkg_add and all, but after all is said and done I have nada. Looking at the ports menu, there is an X that marks the port. So, something thinks it's installed. But I certainly can't find it. No tarball to be found. Running make, it wants to download the tarball again. Maybe I don't understand what's supposed to be happening when I use Sysinstall to install a port. I tried pouring through the site, but couldn't find anything to really describe the process. Just a lot about using pkg_add, which I haven't needed to use...yet. So, in reagard to Sysinstall to install a port.... 1. What's it really do? 2. How can I verify that it really did it? 3. What am I expected to do afterwards? 4. How can I tell what ports are REALLY installed? Thanks, Tim. ========================================================================== Timothy T. Smith V Communications Inc. 2290 North First Street Manager suite #101 IT Dept. San Jose CA 95131 main:(408)-965-4000 tim@v-com.com fax:(408)-965-4014 "You know Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help." -- Calvin and Hobbs =========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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