On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Nex6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to Freebsd tho, long time Linux/Windows user. > > install software: > seems the way to to this is pkg_add -r software-name
There are two ways to install software. Using packages (pkg_add) or using ports. See my response below for details on how to use ports. > system update: > still not sure? tho this is probly something really simple, seems more the > one way to do it. FreeBSD comes with the source code for the entire system. So, to upgrade the system, you need to do two things: 1. Checkout the source code for whatever update you want to use 2. Compile and install that source code. For the first one, see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html For the second one, see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > main difference between packages and ports? Packages are pre-compiled binaries (which are created from the ports). The ports collection contains small Makefiles. When you install from ports, it does the following: 1. Downloads the source code from whatever website it is hosted on. 2. Apply the FreeBSD patches/upgrades/whatever 3. Compile that source code 4. Install the binaries to the proper location > > thanks in adavnce. > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"