>>>>> "n" == n dhert <ndhert...@gmail.com> writes:
n> When installing gnome from the ports n> # make install clean n> installs a few hundred packages and displays dozens and dozens times a n> configuration window n> which I always answer by hitting TAB key to move to OK button and then n> <enter>. n> Now this installation is already busy for 7 hours (when will it end?) ... n> keeping me locked to my PC ... n> How to specify make install clean ...... witj extra options so that is n> will answer a configuration window autoamtically n> to always accept all the defaults so that you can make an Gnome installation n> in an unattended way? I do all the configs ahead of time. There are multiple ways to do that. "make config-recursive" if you're just using the raw Makefiles. "portinstall -c PORTNAME" if you're using Portinstall (my favorite). -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"