Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is a GREAT read, strongly recommended for newbies. One or two > corrections though.
Please send your corrections to a more appropriate mailing list (eg, freebsd-doc in this case), or better yet, file a PR (Problem Report) using send-pr(1) or: http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html > The part that says "Note: You must be the root user to > install ports" applies only if you don't edit the Makefil and specify a > different install path. That's not the only way; normally, you'd use shell/environment variables. Reading the top of /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk is informative. > Also, the handbook could be a little clearer about > options for users that do not want to install the entire ports tree, and > instead want to cvsup one specific folder, such as /usr/ports/java/jdk Here's my notes on how to do that: Note: Many ports are dependent on other ports, so be very careful doing them one at a time. cvsup method: -- cvsup -g -L 2 -i ports/sysutils/portupgrade /usr/sup/ports-supfile -- If you use the GUI, you can get the same effect by typing "ports/sysutils/portupgrade" into the Filter type-in near the bottom. non-cvsup method 1: -- DL the ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports-current/x11-wm/windowmaker/ dir (which IS the skeleton) non-cvsup method 2: -- cd /usr/ports/<section>; ftp ftp.FreeBSD.org > cd /pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/<section> ## or ports-current ? > get <app>.tar > quit tar xf <app>.tar; cd <app>; make install non-cvsup method 3: -- cd /usr/ports/<sub> fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/<sub>/port.tar tar -xf port.tar Note: Not all of the mirrors support tar-on-the-fly ftp transfers, but some do, including the primary site. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
