From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 29 11:05:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03291 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:05:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ix.netcom.com (sil-wa4-03.ix.netcom.com [207.93.136.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03224 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:04:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomdean@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from tomdean@localhost) by ix.netcom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA01298; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:03:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomdean) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:03:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806291803.LAA01298@ix.netcom.com> From: Thomas Dean To: brendan@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from Brendan Kosowski on Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:30:23 +1000 (EST)) Subject: Re: Ports Collection Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Look at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook28.html # cd /usr/ports # ftp ftp.freebsd.org [log in as `ftp' and give your email address when asked for a password. Remember to use binary (also known as image) mode!] > cd /pub/FreeBSD/ports > get databases.tar [tars up the databases directory for us] > quit # tar xf databases.tar [extract all the database skeletons] # cd databases # make install [build and install all the database ports] I think you can do this at /pub/FreeBSD and 'get ports.tar', but, read the handbook FIRST! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message