Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:47:35 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Nagy_L=E1szl=F3_Zsolt?= <nagylzs@freemail.hu> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Howto install ports collection? Message-ID: <3F5F2B77.9030106@freemail.hu> References: <3F5F06F4.3070108@freemail.hu> <3F5F0E7D.2090803@reversedhell.net>
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>> Hi gurus! >> >> I have a remote FreeBSD computer (RELEASE 4.7 stable). It is on the >> other side of Earth. I can access it only with ssh. >> It is really a base system. The ports collection (/usr/ports) is >> entirely missing. I'm familiar with installing ports. But I have >> no idea how to install the ports collection using only an ssh shell. >> Please give me a direction. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Laci 1.0 >> >> > The easiest way (if you have root access) is to use the CVSUP system. > It is well described in the handbook, and the handbook is available > online on www.freebsd.org . If you do not have the cvsup util already > installed, you need to find it and compile it yourself, after you > fetch it from the web. Or better, get a .tgz version which is a > precompiled package. Search for the source of it on > www.freebsd.org/ports/ Thanks for all your help. I'm currently installing apache2. :-) Laci 1.0
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