On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 07:38:37PM -0600, Danny MacMillan wrote: > On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:41:36 +0000, Killermink ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >I see what your saying and i suppose I have two points: > > > >1) Can you install a port without installing the ports tree? > > Ports can not be installed without first being built, and the ports tree > is what enables you to build a port. Short answer: no. > > Somewhat longer answer: If your concern is disk space, in theory it would > be possible, I think, to install only that subset of the ports tree > required to build the port you are interested in, but that task is > non-trivial. Most ports depend on other ports, which themselves depend on > other ports, and so on. One of the advantages of the ports tree is that > having it available means you do not have to resolve those dependencies > manually. I don't think if you install an individual port it would be > smart enough to resolve these dependencies automatically (but I've never > tried to do it that way). If not, you would have to untar the part of the > ports tree containing the port you wish to build, then attempt to install > it. Then handle each of the inevitable errors in turn, untarring > progressively more of the ports tree until you get it to the point where > it will install your port. I don't think this is the best way to go, but I > would be interested to know if and how well it works. > > If you go to http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ you can browse the ports > collection online and download individual tarballs for each port. Each > port also lists its dependencies so you can see how big of a task you > might be letting yourself in for.
The portcheckout port is an easier alternative. > >I am still new at this, and can't seem to find packages for all the > >ports in the tree... > > My understanding is this: That there aren't packages for all the ports in > the tree, but that there are many more packages available on the ftp > site(s) than ship on the CD. If you browse the ports collection online > you'll be able to download packages for many (most?) of the ports. If you > would really rather not install the ports tree, I'd invest some time in > looking for the package you want to install. Odds are pretty good it's > available. There are packages for everything that can be packaged automatically and redistributed. If a port is broken, requires manual intervention to build, or may not legally be redistributed, it won't be on the FTP sites. Kris
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