From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 27 17:55:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA20081 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 May 1998 17:55:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA19921 for ; Wed, 27 May 1998 17:53:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA16225; Wed, 27 May 1998 20:52:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.46.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id UAA06703; Wed, 27 May 1998 20:52:40 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 20:52:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org Reply-To: Spidey To: Chris Porter cc: Question=answer Subject: Re: Port Installation Problems? In-Reply-To: <001901bd89b4$9afe0820$73c9a8cf@tech-machine.castlegate.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hmmm... Seems like you don't know very much about the ports... See the handbook at /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html or .ascii. For a immediate solution, you might try to use "make install" instead of plain "make". Spidey On Wed, 27 May 1998, Chris Porter wrote: > I purchased the FreeBSD 2-cd set a year or so ago and it has worked fine with one exception: When I install ports into /usr/ports they don't actually run. I just get a directory with the same name as the port I was trying to install with sub-directories like CVS, pkg, files and the like. I have tried to MAKE the program, but I always get the message that the file is up to date. I have also been unable to get the Boot Manager to activate when I install it from a Windows 95-based system. Any suggestions? Please respond to this address as I am not subscribed to any FreeBSD mailing lists at this time. > > Thanks in advance, > > Chris Porter > General Tech and Web Programmer at castlegate.net > Spidey ____________________________________ | Still searching for a good .sig... | \------------------------------------/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message