Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 23:52:48 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2 qstns re pc-bsd... Message-ID: <4BE1F6C0.3000506@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <20100505220532.GA39386@thought.org> References: <20100505220532.GA39386@thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote: > i ask here? [i'm trying to add my beloved zsh [[heart-throbs]], > and ff3, and others. i thought i had installed the ports stuff. > nope. When I looked at PCBSD some while ago it had 3 ways of doing ports. #1 is standard (make install) FreeBSD ports, #2 is also standard FreeBSD ports but installed to a different location, #3 is PBI which is statically compiled (or at least is completely self contained in some way) and is a very quick binary install. zsh is available here http://www.pbidir.com/bt/pbi/96. The PBI system is a bit of a flagship aspect of PCBSD so probably works pretty well. Method 2, which is the default when you build your own, is designed to keep 'your' ports separate from 'system' ports. Because PCBSD is a desktop system some ports eg kde are ready installed and are upgraded as part of a PCBSD system upgrade. 'Your' ports are installed in a separate place to allow PCBSD upgrades to occur without interfering with yours. That's written from memory of a year ago - please check for yourself in case things have changed. I think you mentioned in a previous post that you wanted PCBSD for some server stuff. I'm just curious because PCBSD is clearly aimed at desktop use, whereas one might think FreeBSD is a more appropriate choice for the server stuff. Not that either couldn't do either job... Chris > > gary > > >
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