Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 09:17:12 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> To: Spambait@tampabay.rr.com (Spamoff) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packages - how do you use therm Message-ID: <199905041417.JAA26851@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <372EF790.48705528@tampabay.rr.com> from Spamoff at "May 4, 99 09:35:12 am"
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In a previous message, Spamoff said: > Hello :) > > I've been going around in circles with these and am getting nowhere depsite > having Greg's book and looking at the web site. > > 1) Can someone pleasqe expalin to me, succinctly, how you use packages after > you have installed them using /stand/sysinstall OR pkg_add. > > I've done it both ways, I searched for their location. I've tried to read the > files present and failed pretty much. Most all packages show up in /usr/local. You can find the contents of a package by looking at /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name>/+CONTENTS. > Packages are supposed to be binary from what I understand, and ports are src > that you build ??? That's correct. > 2) What's the advantage, if any, of using the ports ? I'm sure you can > change locations but what else ? Some ports are not in packages because of copyrights. Ports is updated and easily cvsupped down to your machine, so that updated ports can be used without upgrading the entire machine. Also, ports allow you to modify the configuration to fit your needs. -- aibohphobia -- the fear of palindromes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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