# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-09-26 15:09:29 +0100: > Hi, > > Could someone point me in the direction of "intermediate" documentation > on ports? The handbook doesn't say enough, and the Ports guide is too > dense and focuses mostly on creating ports. > > I want to find out things like: > How to install mtr without X > How to install wget without Japanese language support > How to install lame without GTK support.
such questions are usually easily answered by reading the port's Makefile. /usr/ports/audio/lame/Makefile e. g. contains this: .if (${HAVE_GNOME:Mgtk12}!="" || defined(WITH_GTK)) && !defined(WITHOUT_GTK) USE_GNOME+= gtk12 PLIST_SUB+= WITH_GTK='' PKGNAMESUFFIX= -gtk .else PLIST_SUB+= WITH_GTK='@comment ' .endif that looks like % make install -DWITHOUT_GTK will do what you want. n. b.: answers to questions like "what the heck is the WANT_GNOME stuff" lie in the /usr/ports/Mk directory. get yourself ready for some searious reading if you're not a Makefile hacker though, that stuff is pretty heavy, *but not impenetretable*. see also make(1) and /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/paper.ascii.gz hmm, looks like i answered a different question. :) -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 4:20PM up 8 days, 23:35, 12 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.03, 0.00 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message