On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 07:41:14PM -0400, Roger Rabbit wrote: > > Thats interesting that you found dselect easier to navigate than the ports > collection, I found it just the opposite, and I did d/l FreeBSD over the > net as well. I migrated to both Debian and FreeBSD from SuSE/RootHat at > about the same time, I love the idea of the ports, but that dselect thingy > takes some getting used to. :)
People who left debian in the past were frustrated with dselect. There is a new app. It's aptly called 'apt'. Now the command 'apt-get install <package>' will download precompiled applications + dependencies from debian servers. Then 'dpkg -r <package>' deletes it. It is quite easy. I use freebsd as well, and ports is not bad on installation. It is upgrade and uninstall that is a bit trickier in freebsd. > For what its worth, deselect and the dpkg system is very cool once you > understand them, I do like the Debian way much better than RH and SuSE > rpms. > > > my 2 cents, > > Roger > > > ***************************************************************** > * * > * Roger Williams Enlightened with 0.15 * > * * > * If Bill Gates had a nickel for everytime that * > * Windows crashed.... Oh wait, he does. * > * * > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eclipse.net/~spiffer * > * * > * ICQ 973589 * > ***************************************************************** > > > > > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: > > > Maybe this has to do with how installed. As I said over the internet. The > > download the port tree - when half of the stuff I'll never use just was a > > pain to me. Now I will admit I missed alot of stuff at the begining of my > > FreeBSD exploration. I don't know why it took me so long to find the right > > way but it did. I really like FreeBSD, even more that Linux. But, the > > problems I have had with it so far keep me firmly grounded in Debian! > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: matt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 3:07 PM > > > To: Person, Roderick > > > Cc: 'Nate'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: FreeLinux (Debian/GNU BSD) > > > > > > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: > > > > > > : This, IMHO, is a great idea!!! I have been playing with FreeBSD for some > > > : months now. And the kernel Kicks Ass!!! It just 'feels' better too. But > > > the > > > : package installation and management is terrible. It took me at least 3 > > > weeks > > > : to figure it out. People are always saying how hard it is to install > > > Debian > > > : by dselect, FreeBSD is a nightmare. I hope this does go somewhere. In > > > fact I > > > : think I go home and experiment with porting Debian stuff to FreeBSD! > > > > > > Have you gone mad? FreeBSD's ports system is the best I have ever seen, I > > > have ran Linux(RedHat, Slack, Debian), OpenBSD, FreeBSD.. I stuck with > > > FreeBSD for a damn good reason. How difficult is it to "cd /usr/ports ; > > > make search key=<what you are looking for>" It don't get much easier then > > > that people.. I'm in love with the ports tree, and I'd hate to see it > > > trashed for some poor[*] precompiled packaging system. > > > > > > [big snip] > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > * In my opinion. > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- _ NatePuri ("natedawg") o m p a g e s . c o m Certified Law Student p e r c r v t i o f i McGeorge School of Law e d i c a e a n m n Sacramento, CA n i v e t r y m d [EMAIL PROTECTED] a a s e y s t u s [EMAIL PROTECTED] t s d o h n http://www.ompages.com e n i i UIN: 43371366 e s t y
