Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:24 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Daniel" <annonymejens+bsd@runbox.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling everything myself? Message-ID: <87fxhcshir.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <E1LjNq9-0007w5-03@fenris.runbox.com> (Daniel's message of "Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:11:32 %2B0100 (CET)") References: <E1LjNq9-0007w5-03@fenris.runbox.com>
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:11:32 +0100 (CET), "Daniel" <annonymejens+bsd@runbox.no> wrote: > Hi list > > This may be a basic question, but a question non the less. > > I have been using Debian for some years and have gotten tired by > system freezes, having a slow system, and having a package system that > requires that I install every skin of KDE to get KDE up and running. > > I hope FreeBSD will be better! :-) > > What I want to know is the following: Do I get the option of fetching > sources and running through a guided compilation; or do I get binaries > (like Debian) only? Yes. The `Ports' system can be used to compile your own packages. Build-time options can be set either to the defaults or to a local customization of those defaults. You can find more information about the Ports system by reading the ports(7) manpage or the relevant Handbook section: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html
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