Windows Update - Revision history

Sidetone at 01:12, 18 December 2014

2014-12-18T01:12:38Z

Akshat: removed some raw notes - the info is there in the portupgrade page

2005-03-06T18:39:58Z

removed some raw notes - the info is there in the portupgrade page

Jimbo at 01:58, 25 August 2004

2004-08-25T01:58:53Z

Jimbo at 01:12, 25 August 2004

2004-08-25T01:12:51Z

New page

If you hail from the Windows world, one of the first questions you'll feel the need to ask about BSD is "what's the equivalent to Windows Update?" In the FreeBSD world, the corresponding procedure is a little more complex but a LOT more powerful and comprehensive. Thanks to the ports tree, your applications as well as your base system can all be updated in the same way, and completely under your control.

The first thing you need to do is [[update the ports tree]] using [[cvsup]]. This is a CRUCIAL first step to any update process, because you want to make sure you've got the latest sources before you start compiling them to replace your existing ones!

Once you've done that, you can use the [[portupgrade]] port to first check for newer versions of installed ports and then perform the actual upgrades.

raw notes for later prettying:

portversion | grep \< to display a list of all ports with newer versions available in source

portupgrade ''portname'' to update the port

why portupgrade -a is BAD, BAD, BAD

start talking about updating base system components with make world

[[Category:Windows Equivalents]]

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 If you hail from the Windows world, one of the first questions you'll feel the need to ask about BSD is "what's the [[:Category:Windows Equivalents|equivalent]] to Windows Update?"  In the FreeBSD world, the corresponding procedure is a little more complex but a LOT more powerful and comprehensive.  Thanks to the ports tree, your applications as well as your base system can all be updated in the same way, and completely under your control.
-The first thing you need to do is [[update the ports tree]] using [[cvsup]].  This is a CRUCIAL first step to any update process, because you want to make sure you've got the latest sources before you start compiling them to replace your existing ones!
+The first thing you need to do is [[update the ports tree]] using [[csup]].  This is a CRUCIAL first step to any update process, because you want to make sure you've got the latest sources before you start compiling them to replace your existing ones!
 Once you've done that, you can use the [[portupgrade]] port to first check for newer versions of installed ports and then perform the actual upgrades.

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−	If you hail from the Windows world, one of the first questions you'll feel the need to ask about BSD is "what's the equivalent to Windows Update?" In the FreeBSD world, the corresponding procedure is a little more complex but a LOT more powerful and comprehensive. Thanks to the ports tree, your applications as well as your base system can all be updated in the same way, and completely under your control.	+	If you hail from the Windows world, one of the first questions you'll feel the need to ask about BSD is "what's the [[:Category:Windows Equivalents\|equivalent]] to Windows Update?" In the FreeBSD world, the corresponding procedure is a little more complex but a LOT more powerful and comprehensive. Thanks to the ports tree, your applications as well as your base system can all be updated in the same way, and completely under your control.

	The first thing you need to do is [[update the ports tree]] using [[cvsup]]. This is a CRUCIAL first step to any update process, because you want to make sure you've got the latest sources before you start compiling them to replace your existing ones!		The first thing you need to do is [[update the ports tree]] using [[cvsup]]. This is a CRUCIAL first step to any update process, because you want to make sure you've got the latest sources before you start compiling them to replace your existing ones!

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 Once you've done that, you can use the [[portupgrade]] port to first check for newer versions of installed ports and then perform the actual upgrades.
-raw notes for later prettying:
+(also see [[updating the system]])
-−
-portversion | grep \<  to display a list of all ports with newer versions available in source
-−
-portupgrade ''portname'' to update the port
 why portupgrade -a is BAD, BAD, BAD
+- (why is it?)
-start talking about updating base system components with make world
 [[Category:Windows Equivalents]]