From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 19 12:42:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EE09151F5 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:42:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bartequi@nojunk.com) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (ppp38-pa4.neomedia.it [195.103.207.230]) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA26944 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:42:16 +0100 (CET) From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:44:04 GMT Message-ID: <20000119.20440400@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: Newbie Q: Packages or Ports? To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <003b01bf62b0$2c4eef80$3301a8c0@baffle.ias.com> References: <003b01bf62b0$2c4eef80$3301a8c0@baffle.ias.com> X-Mailer: Supercalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/19/00, 8:05:27 PM, "Michael Rothenberg"=20 wrote regarding Newbie Q: Packages or = Ports?: > I read about a problem going through packages and /stand/sysinstall=20 and the > reply was go try it through the ports collection. So far I have=20 installed 2 > things from ports and not a thing from packages.... what is the=20 difference > between them? Is one better then the other? > Enjoy! > -Michael Dear Michael Rothenberg, personally, I use the ports as much as possible.=20 The reason for this: please install one and have a look at the way it=20 works. To accomplish this, you might want to read "man script", and=20 record your port session. The port mechanism adapts a piece of software to your *specific*=20 system. After reading the handbook on this topic, if you want to learn=20 about the "gory" details, you might want to have a look at the=20 bsd.port.mk file, which is found in /usr/ports/Mk . One short off-topic consideration.=20 The Ports Collection is not only a means of easily installing and=20 using ported software, but also represents the work, endeavo(u)r and=20 passions of the best FreeBSD-ers; in other words, it is the Living=20 Spirit of the FreeBSD Community.=20 Best regards, Salvo Please note: myfakedomain =3D=3D=3D> neomedia.it to e-mail to me. = =20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message