From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 15:09:58 2005 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 D470016A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:09:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E43A43D2F for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:09:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from localhost (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF4769A87; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:09:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:09:56 -0500 From: Bill Moran To: Paul Richards Message-Id: <20050221100956.359414a4.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20050221090046.62ca9808.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0rc (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Items exist in ports, but not as packages. 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: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:09:59 -0000 Paul Richards wrote: > So I should try just untarring the relevant bit of the ports tree, and > just copy in extra bits whenever I find it failing.. ? Is that a > reasonable way to approach this? It's a PITA, and it can be time-consuming, but it's worked for me. > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:00:46 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > Paul Richards wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I've been trying to install a few packages using 'pkg_add -r' but I > > > have found that there are a few which only exist as ports, and not > > > packages. The main one which I am missing is 'vtk-tcl'. > > > > > > Is it generally the case that the precompiled packages are not always > > > available when the ports are? According to freshports.org I should be > > > able to use 'pkg_add -r' for vtk-tcl. > > > > Pretty much. There's no guarantee that all ports are available as > > packages. > > > > > Unfortunately I am only allowed (by the girlfriend) to play with > > > FreeBSD on an old 1 gig disk and so I don't have the space to install > > > ports. Are there any other sources of precompiled packages which I > > > could use? Is there a way to install just the portion of the ports > > > tree which I need? > > > > You can work with an incomplete ports tree sometimes. The ports tree > > is heavily dependent on the fact that make can jump to different > > directories to install dependencies and such ... that being said, > > I have been able to use partial ports trees in the past. It's a > > bit of a gamble. > > > > -- > > Bill Moran > > Potential Technologies > > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > > > -- > Paul Richards > http://www.pauldoo.net -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com