Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:37:36 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: doug@safeport.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packages for kde 2.2.2 Message-ID: <3CA77390.4080705@owt.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0203311432370.185-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com>
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doug@safeport.com wrote: > I am trying to install KDE via packages (rather than ports) because (a) > its a 133MHz laptop and (b) I want to see if I can do it. I have > installed all the requirements and am looking on ftp.freebsd.org for the > packages. All I can find are: > > kde-2.2.2.tgz > kdebase-1.1.2_1.tgz > kdelibs-2.2.2_3.tgz > > and that from cd /pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/packages-4.5-stable/x11. > > Is that it? Assembly the rest? The Japanese versions seem to be there > but among the missing seems to be: > > kdeutils-2.2.2 > kdenetwork-2.2.2_1 > kdemultimedia-2.2.2_2 > kdegraphics-2.2.2_2 > kdegames-2.2.2 > > Thanks for any location pointers. > > Has anyone ever made a tar-ball from the packing lists after > installation to install kde on another system? Any problems (actual or > in theory) with this? > You must have looked at a release dependant folder. They all seem to be in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/All/ Instead of a "make install", you do a "make package" and have a /usr/ports/packages/All directory and everything seems to be automagical after that. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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