Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:09:37 -0400 From: Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> To: Huy Ton That <huyslogic@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package vs ports question Message-ID: <44276581.2060505@greenmeadow.ca> In-Reply-To: <1cac28080603262002g3b76041ap28c8dc4cb7e97e0a@mail.gmail.com> References: <1cac28080603262002g3b76041ap28c8dc4cb7e97e0a@mail.gmail.com>
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Huy Ton That wrote: > I am curious, the key different between packages and ports are that packages > are precompiled and ports are not? Am I erroneous in this statement? I'm a > little confused as I have been always using make install clean from the > ports and don't see the difference... Has anyone else had the same > question? > > -Lee > _________________ > Hi, Your best bet is to read the handbook section on packages and ports. To answer your question though, yes packages are pre-built and ports need to be compiled, linked, etc from sources. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html --Duane
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