Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:50:33 +0100 From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.net> To: twh359@earthlink.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie: offline package use / XFCE. Message-ID: <49769B89.4040301@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <op.un2t3an4zupx9r@dialup-4.249.15.110.dial1.washington2.level3.net> References: <op.un2t3an4zupx9r@dialup-4.249.15.110.dial1.washington2.level3.net>
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Thomas W. Holloway schrieb: > > I would like to install XFCE on a FreeBSD 7.1 box that is and will > remain (for now) offline. No network connection at all. If I have read > correctly, this means downloading the appropriate package(s) and using > pkg_add. So far, so good (I haven't done it, but it seems clear enough). The simpliest way would be to install from one of the three Release-CD's or from the Release-DVD (via /usr/sbin/sysinstall). But I have no idea if XFCE4 is contained in them. Perhaps someone could look this up for you? Greetings, Uli. > > The package for XFCE4, as listed here > > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/xfce.html > > is a "meta-port" (I believe I understand the idea), which seems to have > about one hundred (100) dependencies. Of course, some of those will have > dependencies of their own, and so on. My question is this: > > In order to "download/ftp the package" for XFCE4, I would have to obtain > all hundred (or so) of the listed files _and_ any dependencies they may > have so as to point pkg_add at them locally. Is this correct? If not > correct, what have I missed (a pointer to what I've missed should be > sufficient). > > I've also looked at it from the XFCE side, where there is a nice, > detailed doc by Benedikt Meurer, here > > > http://www.os-works.com/documentation/xfce-installers/4.2.1/xfce-installer/ > > This strongly implies that I can bypass the pkg_add procedure entirely. > Might be worth trying, but I'd still like to know if I've understood > what the package listing above is saying. > > Editorial comment and/or general advice on XFCE is not unwelcome. It's > just secondary to the question. > > Thanks in advance, and > > regards, > > Tom Holloway. > > PS: I almost forgot the traditional "PLEASE HELP!!!" ;) But this is > not for work and I am not on any deadline whatever. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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