Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:13:16 -0600 From: Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin@texoma.net> To: Matt Douhan <matt@hasta.se> Cc: amd64 freebsd <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SV: Packages/Ports problem Message-ID: <3FD87B7C.6050608@texoma.net> In-Reply-To: <IIEBLFJCECCIAJIHMKNPMEFECCAA.matt@hasta.se> References: <IIEBLFJCECCIAJIHMKNPMEFECCAA.matt@hasta.se>
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Matt Douhan wrote: >>Is there any way to tell what all will get installed when I make >>something? Or do I need to take care of dependencies myself? >>I'm used to Debian and Gentoo and not familiar with how FreeBSD handles >>dependencies and such. > > It is handled automatically by the ports system Good. :) I know FreeBSD was much of the inspiration for the Gentoo main developer. >>Peter has cvsup-without-gui on his FreeBSD site. >>I just haven't been able to get it. >>To my understanding I currently only have the ftp program on my machine. >>I don't know how to use it to get the package. > > pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui That has failed with something like no such file on server error. But I'm about to do a fresh install this afternoon/evening after I redo my partions and will try again. Thanks, Jimmie Houchin
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