Ports, Installing - Revision history

Jimbo: Reverted edits by 212.142.143.116 (Talk); changed back to last version by Jimbo

2008-01-30T20:17:17Z

Reverted edits by 212.142.143.116 (Talk); changed back to last version by Jimbo

2005-11-29T18:49:48Z

External Links

2005-11-28T10:46:36Z

External Links

2005-08-20T16:18:27Z

Added "make config"

2005-07-09T23:44:43Z

2005-07-09T21:55:45Z

Add a few things and speak about pkg_deinstall

2005-01-20T05:39:57Z

2005-01-20T05:37:08Z

2005-01-17T18:07:36Z

+ "or other problems"

2005-01-17T17:49:09Z

Port troubleshooting. Entire books are needed on the subject. (-;

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 == External Links ==
 *[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html FreeBSD Handbook]
-*[http://www.freebsdsoftware.org FreeBSD software online]
+*[http://www.freshports.org/ FreeBSD software online]
 [[Category:Common Tasks]]
 [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]

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 == External Links ==
-[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html FreeBSD Handbook]
+*[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html FreeBSD Handbook]
 [[Category:Common Tasks]]
 [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]

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   > '''make distclean'''
   (same as clean but will remove the distfiles for the ports aswell)
   > '''make fetch'''
   (this will just download the source tarball to "/usr/ports/distfiles")

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   (commands can be written in sequence like this one to install a port then distclean)
-Ports can also be deinstalled easily. A bad method is to do this
+Ports can also be deinstalled easily. You can do this:
   > '''cd /usr/ports/shells/bash2'''
   > '''make deinstall'''
-Avoid this since you can break down other ports. Instead use [[pkg_deinstall]].
+But be careful, since deinstalling from the ports tree can break things if the port you are issuing ''make deinstall'' for is a dependency of any other ports. It is safer to use [[pkg_deinstall]] instead.
-If a port can't be deinstalled or installed, verify that it is a port and not a [[Package]]. If it's a port or you're having other problems, see [[Port Install Troubleshooting]]
+If a port can't be deinstalled or installed, verify that it is a port and not a [[Package]]. If it's a port or you're having other problems, see [[Port Install Troubleshooting]].
 == External Links ==

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   > '''make distclean'''
   (same as clean but will remove the distfiles for the ports aswell)
   > '''make extract'''
-  (this will just extract the port to a ./work drectory)
+  (this will just extract the port to a ./work directory)
   > '''make depends'''
   (this will install (or compile) all of the dependencies of the current port)
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   (commands can be written in sequence like this one to install a port then distclean)
-Ports can also be deinstalled easily
+Ports can also be deinstalled easily. A bad method is to do this
   > '''cd /usr/ports/shells/bash2'''
   > '''make deinstall'''
 If a port can't be deinstalled or installed, verify that it is a port and not a [[Package]]. If it's a port or you're having other problems, see [[Port Install Troubleshooting]]

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   (listing of all the ports that have 'bash' in their '''name''')
   > '''make search key=bash'''
-  (listing of all the ports that have 'bash' anywhere in the description)
+  (listing of all the ports that have 'bash' anywhere in the '''description''')
 The top command will return a number of results that look something like: