Date: 21 Jul 1999 17:14:54 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: #make problem Message-ID: <rd6hfmxpuwg.fsf@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: "Alejandro Ramirez"'s message of Wed, 21 Jul 1999 13:39:59 -0500 References: <NDBBJDFMIMOCFNNCEKADAEDHCKAA.gill@topsecret.net> <02e501bed3a8$703a7bc0$fca3f9cf@megared.net.mx>
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"Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> writes: > Hi, > > You will have to install the ports tree, dont worry about disk space, it > will only create a directory structure, with the names of the programs that > you can install, and also it will grab the patches for the programs to work > well on FreeBSD, and then, you will have to mount your cdroom (the one with > the tar files in it) in /usr/ports/distfiles, and then: It's still a lot of space (over 40MB), and a heck of a lot of inodes, so this advice won't work for everyone. You can get just the /usr/ports/Mk directory off of the FTP site, and that should solve this particular problem. > From: James Gill <gill@topsecret.net> > > ...and where can i find a port of the fortune program? :) It's not a port; it's part of the "games" distribution. Install that, and you'll find it in /usr/games/fortune. The games distribution is about 2MB, and fortune's databases probably make up most of that. Be well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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