From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 3 17:21:39 2009 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 F3297106566B for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 17:21:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f227.google.com (mail-bw0-f227.google.com [209.85.218.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 842668FC0A for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 17:21:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz27 with SMTP id 27so1588027bwz.43 for ; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:21:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=4OgrKWDb3G+iKU+ROfTo+FPhz2BQr72EOFBt4epUe7k=; b=t8lLW9Yxv0x4dJT3wIiho/OvVUJ91CSf0ZIVdne4JwvGLpGLSqeIQTNMD2kWNKJZQs w9M/GWmMZa/UewpoZbsdZ0xdLwzcrqHuyOeLRq81FotRp6sIgK1h8MSiBnXxaLJ2XVGm TjhfGkeYSM1vSNUbIlTSN8VUoFPXK3+ecI1VQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=LMk6Xs3RB4ep0WaK8z1luH0SxQTTSSInjmvcWyA45/83ZkzvjQB8KUiF52ELdlguLi Yen0fz5YzxdFG3tzitIkp40viUrsgDIN6WE+gX0t2J5RLtVpQyNbHUAgImIIJ3ugs0Ir YQqOd72P3ny/2l1dBX2Z6FdG7OPIJkpCV+we4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.143.79 with SMTP id t15mr1440004fau.26.1254590498230; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:21:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:21:38 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310910031021j137e38a0u429b37b882442f7f@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Vince Sabio Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports have made me lazy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:21:40 -0000 Hi, On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Vince Sabio wrote: > I need to install zlib (not zlibc), and AFACT it is not included in ports. > When I look at the zlib web site, I see that there are several (not a lot, > but several) dependencies for the installation -- and I think, "OH NO, NOT > DEPENDENCIES!" Or something like that. > > I blame it on ports. They have made me lazy. I am a victim. ;-) > They should have meetings once a week or something... :-) > Anyway, and more to the point, am I missing something? Is zlib really not > included in ports? If not, is there an automated/semi-automated means of > installing it -- or am I back to the old days of installing dependencies > manually? > > (I have had two servers go toes up in three days, so if I've missed the > obvious here, well, it wouldn't surprise me. Just administer clue in the > standard manner, and I'll get with the program.) > > I'll assume you mean the zlib compression library. I found a few with: cd /usr/ports; make search key="zlib" HTH. -- Glen Barber