Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 20:36:45 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Clarence Brown <clabrown@granitepost.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to use PORTS from internet Message-ID: <20000519203645.A23946@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <001101bfc1a3$48b95a00$8c6896d1@granitepost.com>; from clabrown@granitepost.com on Fri, May 19, 2000 at 11:02:42AM -0400 References: <001101bfc1a3$48b95a00$8c6896d1@granitepost.com>
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> Hi: > > Probably stupid newbie question. > > How do I use newer ports from the internet instead of what came on my CDROM > (3.4)? You can upgrade your ports tree with cvsup, the same way you upgrade the source tree. See the handbook section on "Synchronizing source trees over the Internet" for a description of cvsup, and /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile for a sample supfile (it needs editing, like specifying a cvsup server) with which to update the ports tree. Once that is done, the port should grab the uptodate source file from the internet. > 1. I'm thinking about playing with New KDE2. I don't even have a > /usr/ports/x11/kde2 directory to change to, to run the make install from. > How should I get the "skeleton?" on my system? I tried ftping the kde2 The above will do it. > message, but now make install tells me it is already installed... make deinstall, or pkg_delete (ls /var/db/pkg to get the full name of the package). > to, FAQ's for dummies that cover this? Am I on the right track about needing > to use CVS to update my local ports directory. Use cvsup, it's easy and fast. > If I were to update my local > ports directory, should I do the whole thing or just a few, I'm kind of > worried the some of the newer ports might not work right on an older 3.4 > system. You're right, some of them have problems but most of them work fine. Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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