From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Nov 1 6:26:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from c014.sfo.cp.net (c014-h017.c014.sfo.cp.net [209.228.12.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A4E337B479 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 06:26:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 27872 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2000 06:26:41 -0800 Received: from m12hRs4n205.midsouth.rr.com (HELO mike) (24.95.125.205) by smtp.valuedata.net (209.228.12.81) with SMTP; 1 Nov 2000 06:26:41 -0800 X-Sent: 1 Nov 2000 14:26:41 GMT Message-ID: <004101c0440f$b1195700$0200000a@mike> From: "Daryl Chance" To: "Dave" , , "John" References: <4.3.2.7.2.20001031224223.00ae81f0@mail.udel.edu> Subject: Re: No /usr/ports directory? Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:26:14 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org and if you install by cd do a cvsup on the ports collection :) cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-bin make install after that, check the freebsd site (don't remember the url) about cvsup. once you get the .conf's setup and the supfiles setup (takes about 5 min the first time) then all you do is cd /usr/ports make update and it will update the ports collection. HTH, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Daryl Chance | We start seeing these new accounts being created, | | -------------- | but that could be an anomaly of the system. After | | Valuedata, LLC | a day or two, we realized it was someone hacking | | Memphis, TN | into the system. - Microsoft on thier hacker | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" To: "Dave" ; Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:45 PM Subject: Re: No /usr/ports directory? > > >I just installed FreeBSD because my friend recommended it. I have a very > >little bit of experience with Linux, but I thought I'd give FreeBSD a shot > >anyway. > > > >I installed version 4.1.1-Release and found that my video card wasn't > >supported by XFree86. Since my video card is pretty new (GeForce2 GTS) I > >decided to look on deja.com to see if anyone else had trouble. Sure > >enough, they did. One person suggested that I go to the directory > >/usr/ports/X11/XFree86-4 (or something like that) and type "make patch". > > > >When I tried this, though, I found that I didn't have a /usr/ports > >directory. The more I read, the more it seemed that I should have one. I > >mean, how can the ports system work without a ports directory? > > > >So, am I just a stupid newbie, or is something wrong with my installation? > > When you were performing your install, you should have been asked if you > wanted to install the ports tree. Did you say yes or no to that > question? I'm just guessing, but you might have said no? > > To install the tree the "easy way", run /stand/sysinstall . From there, go > into "configure", then "distributions", then select "ports". If you have > the cd-rom, it should be a breeze. You can also do it via FTP. > > Hope that helps, > John > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message