Cristi Tauber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello there, > Can anyone tell me which are the avantages of installing from ports > rather than installing from tar balls ? I am kind of new to BSD, and I'm > familiar with linux install from tar & stuff. I know to give the > switches to configure to tune the source for installation ... but how i > can find the parameters for port install ? I mean ... let's say i want > to install php and i have to give the path to mysql, apache and others > graphical libraries ... how can I do that with ports ? > Any link or explications about this subject is appreciated.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-overview.html -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"