Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:09:56 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Items exist in ports, but not as packages. Message-ID: <20050221100956.359414a4.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <a1138db305022107011355bfda@mail.gmail.com> References: <a1138db30502210250122287f7@mail.gmail.com> <20050221090046.62ca9808.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <a1138db305022107011355bfda@mail.gmail.com>
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Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com> wrote: > So I should try just untarring the relevant bit of the ports tree, and > just copy in extra bits whenever I find it failing.. ? Is that a > reasonable way to approach this? It's a PITA, and it can be time-consuming, but it's worked for me. > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:00:46 -0500, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > > Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I've been trying to install a few packages using 'pkg_add -r' but I > > > have found that there are a few which only exist as ports, and not > > > packages. The main one which I am missing is 'vtk-tcl'. > > > > > > Is it generally the case that the precompiled packages are not always > > > available when the ports are? According to freshports.org I should be > > > able to use 'pkg_add -r' for vtk-tcl. > > > > Pretty much. There's no guarantee that all ports are available as > > packages. > > > > > Unfortunately I am only allowed (by the girlfriend) to play with > > > FreeBSD on an old 1 gig disk and so I don't have the space to install > > > ports. Are there any other sources of precompiled packages which I > > > could use? Is there a way to install just the portion of the ports > > > tree which I need? > > > > You can work with an incomplete ports tree sometimes. The ports tree > > is heavily dependent on the fact that make can jump to different > > directories to install dependencies and such ... that being said, > > I have been able to use partial ports trees in the past. It's a > > bit of a gamble. > > > > -- > > Bill Moran > > Potential Technologies > > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > > > -- > Paul Richards > http://www.pauldoo.net -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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