At Tue, 24 Jan 2006 it looks like [EMAIL PROTECTED] composed: > Hello, > I come from a Debian background, i normally 'apt-get update' the list of > the packages that apt-get mirrors serve before 'apt-get install'ing any > package. Is there anything like that while using FreeBSD ports? If no, > How does ports know what are the versions of the latest packages? > > thanks, > Sincerely, >
Just "cd" into the /usr/ports/<category>/<package> and type "make install clean" It will fetch all the needed dependencies, kinda fun to watch if your new to it :) -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco, CA 94121 "UNIX, A Way of Life." http://wiliweld.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"