Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 17:20:05 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Leonard <keithl@gil.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Ports?? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960204170520.3609A-100000@wakko.gil.net>
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Howdy, It seems that every time I want to get something from the port collection (ok not everytime - I have gotten 1 port to work) the 'make' or 'make install' bombs because of some file missing (usually in the X directories). My original installation was the Kern Developers package from the install menu. Every time it bombs I try to trace down the missing files and copy them from the 'live' disk (enmass from the missing subdirectory). But it just doesn't seem to help - the process bombs somewhere else. The ports I have been trying to get are: emacs - why do I need X to run this? apsfilter - ok X for ghostscript ,for fonts ,for ...... ghostscript - ? Xfree86 (maybe not the name but you know what I mean) I have copied over the entire X11 subdirectory and any files that the errors mention (too numereous to enumerate - so don't give me any hassle) This is getting tedious to say the least. Do I just need to wipe the whole thing clean (with 2 months of work) and reinstall the second option - Xfree + all source??? My HD is filling up with files I don't want and space is getting cramped. I would just like a nice stable system to do some basic text processing not an X environment. The only port I've been sucessful at is 'joe' - Everything else seems to need X. WHY? Keith keithl@gil.net
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