Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:48:28 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re-installing applications using ports Message-ID: <20051223064508.A44D.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20051223110015.97795.qmail@web54406.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20051223110015.97795.qmail@web54406.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Friday, December 23, 2005 6:00:15 AM Robert Stevenson <robsworld2000@yahoo.com> Subject: re-installing applications using ports Wrote these words of wisdom: > I have begun an installation using the ports > collection but later I decided to cancel it so I could > change some install options. When I start installation > again I get the message " Found saved configuration > for ..... " then immediately begins compiling. I could > no longer see the installation menu where I could set > the options. > > The questions is, how do I re-initialize the > installation process so I could go to the installation > menu once more and set the options? ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: I would use: 'make distclean' to clean out everything that you started doing. Then I believe you can use this: make config or make config-recursive to reconfigure the port. The latter might be the better way for you. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net
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