From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 10 4:33:21 2002 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 2C23437B400 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 04:33:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web12901.mail.yahoo.com (web12901.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D794F43E77 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 04:33:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk) Message-ID: <20020810113319.61020.qmail@web12901.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.220.189.83] by web12901.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 04:33:19 PDT Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 04:33:19 -0700 (PDT) From: robert Backhaus Subject: Re: Question about installing ports from CD To: Lord Raiden , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020810013444.0096eba0@pop.netzero.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi all. I have all 4 of the Freebsd install CD's > that you can download > from the website and I was wondering. Obviously you > install the OS from > the first cd. But can I somehow force the computer > to install my ports > from one of the CD's instead of the internet? > The ports collection (patchfiles and makefiles et al) are on in the cd, but the distubutions are no longer there. However, most of the software is on the disks (some on 1, the rest on 3&4) as precompiled packages to be applied with pkg_add(?) command. (I'd be like a guru and give you the man page section if I remembered it). The exceptions are those that connot be supplied as packages due to licencing reestrictions. Check before you go and downoad the didtrubutions (Make fetch, but check dependencies first!) Robert Backhaus __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message