On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Herbert J. Skuhra <h.sku...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/1/26 Saifi Khan <saifi.k...@twincling.org>: >> Hi all: >> >> There are many PERL packages in ports whose names are prefixed with p5-* . >> >> How does one install all the p5-* packages one shot ? >> >> Is there a way one can do it with the options available in ports >> or does one need to write a script to locate all the dir names >> starting with p5-* ? >> >> Any pointer in this direction will be appreciated. > > % cd /usr/ports > % find . -name "p5\-*" | wc -l > 3360 > > Good idea? Then try: > > % sudo portmaster -i */p5\-* > > - Herbert
Thanks Herbert. I'd did not know about 'portmaster' until you mentioned in your mail. Wow, so i got cvsup, portsnap and now portmaster :) -- thanks Saifi. _______________________________________________ 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"
