From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 05:46:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A4416A41F for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:46:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A061643D45 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:46:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210D062C857; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:46:40 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 33947-06; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:46:39 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC70562C856; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:46:39 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 04C473CE39; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:46:39 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03F8D39C02; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:46:39 -0400 (AST) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:46:38 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" In-Reply-To: <89ce7f740601162139u3131f8dxffb07c1df8585c8@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060117014551.W28752@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060117003256.P28752@ganymede.hub.org> <89ce7f740601162139u3131f8dxffb07c1df8585c8@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpm equivalent to 'pkg_add -r'? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:46:41 -0000 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 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