Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:46:38 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" <rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpm equivalent to 'pkg_add -r'? Message-ID: <20060117014551.W28752@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <89ce7f740601162139u3131f8dxffb07c1df8585c8@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060117003256.P28752@ganymede.hub.org> <89ce7f740601162139u3131f8dxffb07c1df8585c8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov wrote: > Hello, > >> baring this, is there a better tool to use then rpm? > I am a newbie in freebsd with ambitions to become a master :) and up > to now I have installed tons of software using freebsd ports > collection and freebsd packages and I found them better than rpm. > Anyway, FreeBSD can run rpm as well (if rpm is installed of course :) > ). > > On 1/17/06, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote: >> >> As the subject asks, is there an equivalent? I'm trying to install >> linux apache2 on a FreeBSD box, and would like have rpm do as much as >> possible as far as getting the dependencies and downloading them ... > Well, when I installed my FreeBSD on my laptop, I was questioned > whether I would like to run a Web Server and I answered yes, so I had > apache2 installed. > > You can compile and install httpd from ports collection with the > following command (as root): > cd /usr/ports/apache20 > make install clean > > Or you can install from a prebuilt binary package with the command > pkg_add -r apache2. You missed part of the question, but thanks for answering ... specifically, I'm tryin to install a linux apache2 binary, with all of the linux dependencies that go along with it :) ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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