Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 14:41:50 -0500 From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> To: Crispy Beef <crispy.beef@ntlworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling Ports... Message-ID: <fb6605670601051141j70f31733g67f2e82e8354d4a4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43BD70ED.1000506@ntlworld.com> References: <43BD70ED.1000506@ntlworld.com>
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On 1/5/06, Crispy Beef <crispy.beef@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Am trying to get my head around the ports system, specifically custom opt= ions > when compiling. For example I would like to install apache 2.2 under it'= s own > dir in /usr/local, say /usr/local/apache22. If I was rolling my own vers= ion > using the configure script I would do: > > ./configure prefix=3D"/usr/local/apache22" I believe the default prefix can be changed, but I'm unclear as to why you would want to change it. The port installs a package that you can then remove easily with the pkg tools. Why would you want to do this? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein
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