[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I am running freeBSD 5.1. > > I read the handbook on updating the ports system. The > updated ports were placed in the /home/ncvs/ports. I cd > to the /home/ncvs/ports/3ddesktop. I typed the usual > make install clean as root. I gotten this error message: > > make: don't know how to make install. Stop > > > But, when I build from the default directory > /usr/ports/package-name it compiles and install > the package fine. The 33desktop is not in the > /usr/ports directory, but in the /home/ncvs/ports > directory. I want to install this package but I > get the error above. If you can help, I surely appreciate it.
Hi, sounds like you have fetched the ports-CVS collection. The easiest way to update your ports collection in /usr/ports is to edit a copy of /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile and specify an appropriate CVSup server. Simon
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