# [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. :)
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