Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:38:13 +0100 From: Fredrik Carlen <fredrik.carlen@telia.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Ports versus packages Message-ID: <99111020442400.01521@bozo.skeleton.se>
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What does happen when you do pkg_add? I thought I had this figured out, but obviously, I haven't... I thought packages were pre-compiled, and that ports were like adapting the software to install on FreeBSD, only done by somebody else than me (who has a very rudimentary knowledge of this anyway). I have tried, unsuccessfully, to get some info on the process of "installing" UNIX software (although I know this is called porting...), does anybody know some free way of getting this info? I really can't afford to buy that Gerg Lehey book "Porting UNIX software" right now, and I don't even know whether I need it or not. I can solve a number of intricate mathematic problems, but I can't get Lynx to install properly... :( /Fredrik To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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