Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:30:47 -0400 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: Vince Sabio <vince@vjs.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports have made me lazy Message-ID: <d7195cff0910031030q7b6c194cm31f3f398c3a3735@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310910031021j137e38a0u429b37b882442f7f@mail.gmail.com> References: <p05200f05c6ed08fe112a@192.168.2.102> <4ad871310910031021j137e38a0u429b37b882442f7f@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/10/3 Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Vince Sabio <vince@vjs.org> wrote: >> I need to install zlib (not zlibc), and AFACT it is not included in port= s. >> When I look at the zlib web site, I see that there are several (not a lo= t, >> but several) dependencies for the installation -- and I think, "OH NO, N= OT >> 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 no= t >> 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. =A0I found a few with: > > =A0cd /usr/ports; make search key=3D"zlib" > > HTH. > Based on what I read at http://www.zlib.net/ The latest version (1.2.3) is in base: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dzlib&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&man= path=3DFreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE&format=3Dhtml http://tinyurl.com/yksxt9p --=20 --
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