Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:33:08 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20031016213308.GE884@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <200310162211.20126.dgw@liwest.at> References: <200310162211.20126.dgw@liwest.at>
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--o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, > I found many interesting Linux programs on sourceforge.net and other site= s,=20 > but they're not in the ports collection. So I thought I'll port some of t= hese=20 > to FreeBSD. However, I'm still pretty new to FreeBSD and I never ported= =20 > anything. >=20 > I can't even compile most of the programs on my system, and I'm almost su= re it=20 > has to do with dependencies in 99% of all cases. > How do I find out what ports/programs it depends on? And yes, I have RTFM= , but=20 > I still have no clue. Additional to the suggestion from Charles and Kevin you should consider the following: Search the ports collection for a port that is similar to the one you want = to port (e.g. a GNU style autoconf package for GNOME 2). Copy that port's directory and change it as necessary. If you need help porting your favourite software to FreeBSD, then the freebsd-ports@freebsd.org ml is the best place to ask. Regards, Simon --o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/jw6UCkn+/eutqCoRAvr1AKClu0hEB6KJw5BwMNIQljWEvYisnwCffXmo n+KeRpKdHopV23KK+qXZb4Q= =fsJl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU--
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