Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:47:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Fredrik Carlen <fredrik.carlen@telia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports versus packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911101944120.37007-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <99111020442400.01521@bozo.skeleton.se>
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Well where are you installing from? CDROM? FTP? The ports need to be compiled, of course, but both Lynx and Lyx (not sure which one you meant...) *should* be in the packages option from sysinstall. Lynx is a browser, Lyx is a typesetting program especially suited to math. Anyway, packages end in .tgz and are installed with pkg_add. Ports are found in /usr/ports and are installed with make, make install. Both *should* put info in the package database /var/db so that pkg_delete will remove either. Although, i think ports also let you use make deinstall sometimes. What problem are you having with Lynx/Lyx? Like they say here on the list: detail, details, details !! On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Fredrik Carlen wrote: >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 > -jonathon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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