Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:22:55 -0500 From: "Michael Rothenberg" <rothenberg@automationonline.com> To: "8 BSD Qs" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Newbie Q: Packages or Ports? Message-ID: <005501bf62c3$5f9e0700$3301a8c0@baffle.ias.com>
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Great! Thanks for the answer to all who replied. Have a nice day. -m -----Original Message----- From: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> To: Michael Rothenberg <rothenberg@automationonline.com> Cc: 8 BSD Qs <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:43 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Q: Packages or Ports? |Packages are pre-compiled binaries and supporting files squashed into a .tgz |file. The /stand/sysinstall installs the files in the proper place and |updates the package database. Ports are Makefiles and supporting files that |are used to automatically grab the source from somewhere and build it. The |package database is also updated once you 'make install' the port. The ports |are usually better because they get updated frequently. The packages, as far |as I know, only get built for a RELEASE of FreeBSD. | |Michael Rothenberg wrote: | |> I read about a problem going through packages and /stand/sysinstall and the |> reply was go try it through the ports collection. So far I have installed 2 |> things from ports and not a thing from packages.... what is the difference |> between them? Is one better then the other? |> |> Enjoy! |> |> -Michael |> |> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org |> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message | |-- |PETER SCHWENK | UNIX System Administrator |Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware |schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437 <-NEW!!! | | | | | |To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org |with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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