On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:34:52 HST, o...@aloha.com wrote: > Best thing is to agree to install ports collection during OS installation. > This does not install all sourcecode, just the index. The traditional way > to install is cd to the port folder and do make, make install, make clean. ^^^^^^
Forgive me that I do mention this, but please use the correct terminology. FreeBSD has directories, not "folders". It also has files, not "sheets of paper". :-) > cd /usr/ports/net/asterisk > make > (get a snack) > make install Get another snack while run dependencies are installed. :-) Okay, Asterisk is not that "problematic" in terms of time consumption. > I prefer to use portinstall and portupgrade. The tool portmaster is also worth looking at. > Be sure to use portsnap to freshen up your ports tree and when you add a > new port to an existing system do a portupgrade -a first so what you > already have is up to date. Also keep your package database in good condition using "pkgdb -aF". > Be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING before you update anything. Additionally, read "man 7 ports" which gives many helpful information about how ports work, which make targets are supported and which means of configuration you can use to optimize the whole process for you. > Have fun! The most important hint! :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ 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"