Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:21:38 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Vince Sabio <vince@vjs.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports have made me lazy Message-ID: <4ad871310910031021j137e38a0u429b37b882442f7f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <p05200f05c6ed08fe112a@192.168.2.102> References: <p05200f05c6ed08fe112a@192.168.2.102>
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Hi, On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Vince Sabio <vince@vjs.org> wrote: > I need to install zlib (not zlibc), and AFACT it is not included in ports. > When I look at the zlib web site, I see that there are several (not a lot, > but several) dependencies for the installation -- and I think, "OH NO, NOT > DEPENDENCIES!" Or something like that. > > I blame it on ports. They have made me lazy. I am a victim. ;-) > They should have meetings once a week or something... :-) > Anyway, and more to the point, am I missing something? Is zlib really not > included in ports? If not, is there an automated/semi-automated means of > installing it -- or am I back to the old days of installing dependencies > manually? > > (I have had two servers go toes up in three days, so if I've missed the > obvious here, well, it wouldn't surprise me. Just administer clue in the > standard manner, and I'll get with the program.) > > I'll assume you mean the zlib compression library. I found a few with: cd /usr/ports; make search key="zlib" HTH. -- Glen Barber
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