From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 24 18:36:22 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 37DBC16A41F for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:36:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from typhoon.he.net (typhoon.he.net [64.62.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2EC243D45 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:36:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from liam.billschoolcraft.com ([63.204.157.14]) by typhoon.he.net for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:36:13 -0800 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:36:14 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Schoolcraft X-X-Sender: bill@liam.billschoolcraft.com To: "devnull@plugthebox.net" In-Reply-To: <1138124395.3877.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <1138124395.3877.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> System-ID: [en] (SuSE-9.3 64-bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Debian apt-get / FreeBSD ports 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, 24 Jan 2006 18:36:22 -0000 At Tue, 24 Jan 2006 it looks like devnull@plugthebox.net composed: > Hello, > I come from a Debian background, i normally 'apt-get update' the list of > the packages that apt-get mirrors serve before 'apt-get install'ing any > package. Is there anything like that while using FreeBSD ports? If no, > How does ports know what are the versions of the latest packages? > > thanks, > Sincerely, > Just "cd" into the /usr/ports// and type "make install clean" It will fetch all the needed dependencies, kinda fun to watch if your new to it :) -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco, CA 94121 "UNIX, A Way of Life." http://wiliweld.com