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From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at>
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On Thursday 16 October 2003 20:23, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
> Daniela wrote:
> >Hi there!
> >
> >I found many interesting Linux programs on sourceforge.net and other
> > sites, but they're not in the ports collection. So I thought I'll port
> > some of these to FreeBSD. However, I'm still pretty new to FreeBSD and I
> > never ported anything.
> >
> >I can't even compile most of the programs on my system, and I'm almost
> > sure it 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 I still have no clue.
> >
> >Daniela
>
> Good ? and one I'll take stab at, why not?
>
> You've "RTFM"... is that the "Porter's Handbook"?

Yes.


> If so, good.  I'm guessing the next step is "UTS,L"!

???