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| − | + | When updating your FreeBSD system, you'll first want to sync your sources to the live sources offered via [[cvs]]. There is a port [[cvsup]] that you can use to update your other ports and source trees if you want. If you hail from a Windows environment, you may think of keeping your sources updated as about the first half of the FreeBSD procedure which corresponds to [[Windows Update]]. | |
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You'll need to have superuser access, so [[su]] to root and then go to your /usr/ports/net/ directory. There are two versions of cvsup available to you: cvsup and cvsup-without-gui (for systems that don't have or need the cvsup GUI). Pick the one that's most apporpriate for you and go into that directory and "make install clean": | You'll need to have superuser access, so [[su]] to root and then go to your /usr/ports/net/ directory. There are two versions of cvsup available to you: cvsup and cvsup-without-gui (for systems that don't have or need the cvsup GUI). Pick the one that's most apporpriate for you and go into that directory and "make install clean": | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 24 August 2004
When updating your FreeBSD system, you'll first want to sync your sources to the live sources offered via cvs. There is a port cvsup that you can use to update your other ports and source trees if you want. If you hail from a Windows environment, you may think of keeping your sources updated as about the first half of the FreeBSD procedure which corresponds to Windows Update.
Installing cvsup
You'll need to have superuser access, so su to root and then go to your /usr/ports/net/ directory. There are two versions of cvsup available to you: cvsup and cvsup-without-gui (for systems that don't have or need the cvsup GUI). Pick the one that's most apporpriate for you and go into that directory and "make install clean":
dave@samizdata:~% su -
Password:
samizdata# cd /usr/ports/net/
samizdata# ls cvsup*
cvsup:
Makefile distinfo pkg-descr.nogui scripts
README.html pkg-descr pkg-plist
cvsup-mirror:
Makefile files pkg-descr pkg-plist
README.html pkg-deinstall pkg-install scripts
cvsup-without-gui:
Makefile README.html
cvsupit:
Makefile pkg-descr pkg-plist
README.html pkg-install pkg-req
samizdata# cd cvsup-without-gui/
samizdata# ls
Makefile README.html
samizdata# make install clean
See also: [The FreeBSD Handbook's section on cvsup and updating]
