Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:58:31 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General issues with the ports system Message-ID: <D6221CA1-CED6-11D8-9FE1-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <200407052200.i65M0818084017@chilled.skew.org>
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Mike Brown wrote: > Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke wrote: >> b) Is it possible to use & install ports without having a ports tree? > > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ > > "For most ports, a precompiled package also exists, saving the user the > work > of having to compile anything at all. Each port['s entry on the web > site] > contains a link to its corresponding package [if available] and you may > either > simply download that file and then run the pkg_add command on it or you > can > simply grab the link location and hand it straight to pkg_add since it's > capable of accepting FTP URLs as well as filenames." Or you use `pkg_add -r', e.g. pkg_add -r portaudit to add the latest copy of portaudit available for your platform. -Oliver
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