From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 01:25:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D03C1065670 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:25:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C63448FC13 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:25:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-104-16.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.104.16]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066711E597; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:25:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id p9V1PEjq002279; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:25:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:25:14 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Zantgo Message-Id: <20111031022514.7855773c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: The ports are really funcional? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:25:18 -0000 On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:19:16 -0300, Zantgo wrote: > What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, > but almost no one serves me, I've only been able to install > firefox, I tried also install KDE, GNOME and KFCE, but I have > been many errors, commonly solocionables, for example I had > to modify "REFRESH" to "true", but also to get out other errors, > commonly have a solution, but is a great problem to have to > spend all his time fixing bugs. Please tell me if it is > natural to every time I download large modifying ports so, > if so, then why say "functional"? For better diagnostics, please provide the commands you've run as well as the (last parts containing the errors) of the output. You did already get good suggestions on what to read about how to properly use the ports infrastructure. You should not need to define any variables (except those you intendedly want to change according to your needs for program modification). I'm not familiar with $REFRESH, what does this do? Maybe using precompiled packages (via "pkg_add -r ") would be a better solution here? Oh, and don't miss to read "man ports", it's very informative! Regarding the ports collection's functionality: It's VERY functional and works nearly flawlessly (until, of course, a port is broken, but this happens only a very few times). Maybe you should search things like working Internet connection and proper usage on your side. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...