From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 22:56:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D7116A4CE for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:56:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp13.wxs.nl (smtp13.wxs.nl [195.121.6.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AE6943D3F for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:56:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp13.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I5C001FXAEPHT@smtp13.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:56:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i99MuneQ004407; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:56:49 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i99Mum5q004406; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:56:48 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:56:48 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: To: Subhro Message-id: <20041009225648.GB772@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <415BA1A3.3010608@optonline.net> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: bsdfsse cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do you know how to install ports? (like vmware3) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:56:52 -0000 On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 08:09:21PM +0530, Subhro wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:03:15 -0400, bsdfsse wrote: > > > > For example, I have been trying to install the vmware3 port - and I find > > all kinds of tidbits all over the web about little things that need to > > be done to get it to work. The information sometimes covers version > > 2.0, sometimes 3.2, and sometimes 4.5. If someone just goes in to > > /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3 and does a "make install", how would they > > know what else to do? > > The best part of the FreeBSD port collection is, you dont need to know > what else to do. The port tree is designed in such a way that if you > try to install a particular port, then the system would fetch all the > dependancies automatically unless you specifically ask it not to do > so. Just go through the vmware manual to get an idea about how to > configure vmware. You need not worry about the installation. To get apps to work you sometimes most do some configuration. Apache, php, samba, ect. are all examples of this. Usaly its all about editing one or more configuration files in /usr/local/etc/ and some times /etc/ and getting startup scripts to work at /usr/local/ect/rc.d/. Vmware is a exception to this in my book. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/