From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 19 20: 8:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 076FA15105 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:08:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rjoseph@nwlink.com) Received: from nwlink.com (ip165.r11.d.bel.nwlink.com [207.202.174.165]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA28344 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:08:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38868968.61D053EF@nwlink.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:04:56 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Q: Packages or Ports? References: <003b01bf62b0$2c4eef80$3301a8c0@baffle.ias.com> <20000119.20440400@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 1/19/00, 8:05:27 PM, "Michael Rothenberg" > wrote regarding Newbie Q: Packages or > Ports?: > > > 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 > > Dear Michael Rothenberg, > > personally, I use the ports as much as possible. > > The reason for this: please install one and have a look at the way it > works. To accomplish this, you might want to read "man script", and > record your port session. > > The port mechanism adapts a piece of software to your *specific* > system. After reading the handbook on this topic, if you want to learn > about the "gory" details, you might want to have a look at the > bsd.port.mk file, which is found in /usr/ports/Mk . > > One short off-topic consideration. > The Ports Collection is not only a means of easily installing and > using ported software, but also represents the work, endeavo(u)r and > passions of the best FreeBSD-ers; in other words, it is the Living > Spirit of the FreeBSD Community. I agree with you there, but just in the past few hours, I've decided that the packages are so much nicer to work with :). Also, you don't have to use /stand/sysinstall to install packages. To view packages currently installed on your system, use pkg_info. To add a new package, use pkg_add. To delete a package, use pkg_delete. For example, if you have a binary tarball named kdemultimedia-1.1.2.tgz, just enter pkg_add kdemultimedia-1.1.2.tgz from the directory where the tarball resides. Within seconds, you will have that package installed and ready to enjoy. -- Best Regards, Joseph You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Colette. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message