Hello again! This command worked after I installed the ports-collection from sysinstall (although I probably could have grabbed the ports initially from this command) and grabbed the ports-supfile from an ftp mirror. > The best way to do this would actually be to execute the > following commands: > > cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup > cvsup -h cvsup.ca.freebsd.org ports-supfile >
Now I have a directory filled with the ports for all applications available. A rather elementary question to ask is why keep this kind of directory stored locally? This particular machine is setup as an internet server for learning purposes. Knowing that would I be better off just keeping networking related ports (ports-net) locally? And how does using ports compare to installing packages from sysinstall? Is there any good literature available on explaining exactly what ports are and most importantly, how to use them. Last, what is the source tree (src-all) and should I grab it as well? Thanks for the help and patients with us newbie types. Jeff Lush To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
