On 2004-09-15 23:15, Gerald Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have irssi running in the home directory of a commercial > shell account which allows running personal programs? There seem to be > library problems and dependencies which are complex to the point I > haven't gotten very far. Ports and packages are not so good in a > shell account I think. I'm just looking for a successful installation > somewhere to serve as a template.
The makefiles in /usr/ports/Mk include a ton of variables that can be set to modify the paths where Ports will look for files. I've installed ports in my $HOME dir by setting some of these to non-default values. You'll most certainly want to change at least the following when you invoke make to build and install irssi: PORTSDIR - Where ports live[1]. LOCALBASE - Where the installed files go. DISTDIR - Where downloaded distfiles are saved. PKG_DBDIR - Where installed package info will be saved. PORT_DBDIR - Where port options are saved. [1] If you use the existing /usr/ports checkout of the system this will not have to be changed, but you might find it useful to check out your own copy of /usr/ports and work there. That's when this will be needed. Typically, to install ports in $HOME you'd invoke make with something like this: $ cd ${HOME}/ports/irc/irssi $ env PORTSDIR=${HOME}/ports LOCALBASE=${HOME} \ DISTDIR=${HOME}/distfiles \ PKG_DBDIR=${HOME}/pkgdb PORT_DBDIR=${HOME}/pkgdb/ports \ make install I hope this helps to get you started. If things don't work, either post the errors you stumble upon or look at the comments in the bsd.port.mk makefile (under ports/Mk) and see if there's some variable which you have to set but I forgot to mention. - Giorgos _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"