Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 10:08:50 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Gina1642@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I can't get port to make. Message-ID: <3B125BF2.3B82B0EA@iowna.com> References: <7a.157d85f5.284354e7@aol.com>
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Gina1642@aol.com wrote: > > I have freebsd 4.2. The packages are installed. Do you mean the ports? Packages are ready-to-run software that you use either sysinstall, or the pkg_add command to quickly add to your system. The ports system is a tree of configuration information that allows you to quickly install sofware from the source code. > On page 116 of the third > edition > The complete FreeBDS book,it explains how to get the distfiles, I tried the > examples > but no results. The system was trying to make an internet connection. What > am I doing wrong? Probably nothing. First, make sure the CD-ROM is in the drive before trying to make the port. Before starting the build, make sure the CD-ROM is mounted to the directory /cdrom If your using IDE, a command like this should suffice: mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom (make sure to umount it when you're done) Then try to make the port. Keep in mind that if the port software is not on the CD (and not all ports are, for various reasons) the make command will automatically try to look on the internet for you. This can be frustrating if you have a slow internet link. Another alternative is to download the required files manually. If you put the files in /usr/ports/distfiles, the make program will find them there before checking the CD-ROM or the internet. Also, read this section of the handbook, which has an excellent explanation on how ports and packages work: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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