Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:51:19 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packages rather than ports Message-ID: <14903.43271.970807.422637@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <6151323@toto.iv>
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Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net> types: > On a previous post.. > > > Running /stand/sysinstall gives a very useable interface to installing > > > packages. > > > james > But doesn't always handle dependencies. For example xfce would not install > from package due to missing dependencies, but worked fine from ports. If it's *not* installing because it can't install the dependencies, you may be able to fix it by setting up the environment properly. It should just be using pkg_add (which is the command line tool to install packages), so the man page for that will have details on setting environment variables so it will fetch packages from the net for you. If that doesn't work, you can always just use pkg_add directly on the contents of the CDs. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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