From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 12:38:46 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 704B616A420 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:38:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1523213C4BE for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:38:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so1031429pyb for ; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:38:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=oIAZuRjKP6Y9jT6+likpPCwWGZUScwe4tTGVOKX0a54=; b=XoDk/MpKMsdpUFXykyWDpysYZhTTUBgmkJyYOc5qt6h+SCC2xNXzCXOwkKUNuBV7ubx/fqO0qV10bqf+eBgclzU81VkwqxwxkrtslOkf6iT1AF34Ep/TVtXQTwT+buqO9cPyE8DmOj2NVG5s8+8a51fwxnjfw0nQjCmtI6ROTjM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=uu6lPjwBvwc4ZUjruc0a+F24uk+o6x5pfR1GsouQdtCp6hs+k6/U2OnFLn8YSTTbKw2w8Ll66FpEhG6kaonvMyiKN3h3xU301AMCqmUWyewhOkI5mNem/n6wzOcbNVkFOPLa8fpfzoZi+9wGpSvoPj0Vn/BHvOoLUen9vzzteU0= Received: by 10.65.93.19 with SMTP id v19mr7024551qbl.1194611500901; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:31:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f12sm1415752qba.2007.11.09.04.31.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:31:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4733E2AA.8080103@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:31:38 +0000 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <0JR7007833LW9A50@VL-MH-MR001.ip.videotron.ca> <4733603F.2060206@gmail.com> <20071108202608.GA79319@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20071108202608.GA79319@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Leonard Lilla , Rob , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:38:46 -0000 > But, do install the ports tree - note, that's the ports tree/skeleton > not the whole bunch of actual ports. With csup being a part of the base systems now don't install even this because csup will nuke most of it anyway and spew a bunch or warnings. This might be a little advanced for a complete beginner but the following procedure seems to work well for me: 1. Install nothing except base and kernels 2. Edit your /usr/share/example/cvsup/ports-supfile and .../standard-supfile a. Change the default host b. Depending on how current you are change RELENG_XXX to . in standard-supfile 3. Run: csup /usr/share/example/cvsup/standard-supfile 4. Depending on what version you have and what customizations you want edit /etc/make.conf and /usr/src/sys/XXX/conf/YYY where XXX is your arrch and YYY is the name of your custom kernel 5. Run: make buildworld buildkernel installkernel 6. Reboot in single user mode 7. mount your partitions (read/write) 8. run: cd /usr/src make installworld mergemaster 9. Reboot your machine is now the latest of what ever branch your making for ... For a desktop system I install the following in order: x11/xorg x11/gnome2 editor/gnome2-office mail/engimail-thunderbird multimedia/vlc audio/rhymbox print/cups print/lyx For development machines (only one): java/jdk16 java/jdk16-doc database/mysqlXX-client where XX is what ever version you want www/apache-22 lang/php5 -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com