Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:06:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Jonathan Hilgeman <JHilgeman@ecx.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bash install also installs seti@home??? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1010719100450.25845E-100000@euphoria.confusion.net> In-Reply-To: <5D90F61EB6FDD411836500508B137F1A2689A0@mailsvr.ecx.com>
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That's not how to install ports. You want to go to the directory of the port you want (in the case of bash, shells/bash2 ) and type make install. Typing make install in /usr/ports tells the system to install all the ports. astro starts with an a. L: On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > I just did an install of FreeBSD-4.2-RELEASE and was trying to install the > bash shell. So I went into /usr/ports and typed: > > make install bash2 > > However, it started to install lots of stuff. It installed > tcl/tk/Xfree86/X-Windows and a bunch of other stuff (I wasn't watching the > whole way through), and is installing packages in the "astro" directory as I > write this. It just finished installing seti@home, I believe. What the heck > is it doing, and why do I need all of this junk just for the bash shell? I'm > assuming it's getting installed because a bigger program needs a smaller > program which needs a smaller program, etc... but this is ridiculous. It's > already consumed over 400 megs. Someone please help... > > - Jonathan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Laurence Berland http://www.isp.northwestern.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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