On Friday, December 23, 2005 6:00:15 AM
Robert Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: re-installing applications  using ports
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> I have begun an installation using the ports
> collection but later I decided to cancel it so I could
> change some install options. When I start installation
> again I get the message " Found saved configuration
> for ..... " then immediately begins compiling. I could
> no longer see the installation menu where I could set
> the options.
> 
> The questions is, how do I re-initialize the
> installation process so I could go to the installation
> menu once more and set the options?

***** REPLY SEPARATOR *****
On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied:

I would use: 'make distclean' to clean out everything that you started
doing.

Then I believe you can use this:

make config

or

make config-recursive

to reconfigure the port. The latter might be the better way for you.
-- 
Gerard Seibert
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

_______________________________________________
[email protected] mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Reply via email to