Re: Totally newbie - install problems
But I need other packages like wxPython, PyCrypto and others for my work. I know I can download the source code and compile them. I could also find binaries but the dependency tree is endless (and I had version problems too). I read the comparison where someone said FreeBSD is even better than Debian in this matter. This was one reason why I decided to use FreeBSD. I know the solution is out there but I don't know where it is. You want the ports collection; located by default in /usr/ports. If you didn't install it initially, you can do so with sysinstall. Ports are source code bundles along with FreeBSD tweaks and installation defaults. You want to use cvsup to update the port information database regularly, and it's recommended that you use the portupgrade utility to handle port interdependencies. See the FreeBSD handbook for details on the above. Having done so, my routine for updating all 100+ applications on my machine is reduced to: cvsup-ports ; Make sure my ports database is up-to-date pkgdb -F ; Make sure my installed packages database is consistent portupgrade -ra ; Download, compile, and install all updated applications BTW, both the apps you specified are indeed in the ports collection presently. KeS ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Totally newbie - install problems
Hi, But I need other packages like wxPython, PyCrypto and others for my work. I know I can download the source code and compile them. I could also find binaries but the dependency tree is endless (and I had version problems too). I read the comparison where someone said FreeBSD is even better than Debian in this matter. This was one reason why I decided to use FreeBSD. I know the solution is out there but I don't know where it is. This is where the ports collection comes into play: First you can search it for the desired port: % cd /usr/ports % make search name=wxPython Port: py22-wxPython-2.4.0.7 Path: /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/py-wxPython % cd x11-toolkits/py-wxPython % make install clean (PyCrypto is also avialable in that collection). For more information regarding the ports collection you should consult the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports.html and/or ports(7). I'm looking for the FreeBSD equivalent of apt-get in Debian. Probably I will need to setup several client computers in the end, so an automated installation would be the best (download and install required packages/ports for the selected package/port automatically). You can build your own packages with the ports collection (just use make package instead of make install). But if the machines will have exactly the same disk layout, setting up a master and cloning it with dd(1) might be more efficient. Regards, Simon ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Totally newbie - install problems
Probably I will need to setup several client computers in the end, so an automated installation would be the best (download and install required packages/ports for the selected package/port automatically). Can you help me? When you install your ports, use the 'depend all' switches cd /usr/ports/pick a port make depend all install clean That will install the port, it's dependencies and clean it up after. HTH ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Totally newbie - install problems
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, jle wrote: Probably I will need to setup several client computers in the end, so an automated installation would be the best (download and install required packages/ports for the selected package/port automatically). Can you help me? When you install your ports, use the 'depend all' switches cd /usr/ports/pick a port make depend all install clean That will install the port, it's dependencies and clean it up after. The target is actually depends with the s. But how is that different from 'make install clean'? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Totally newbie - install problems
The target is actually depends with the s. But how is that different from 'make install clean'? *shrug* make depend (without the 's') all install clean has always worked for me. I've used that since FreeBSD 2.1 at least. I would think if it was depends that it would say something like: make: don't know how to make depend. Stop So I assume that depend makes dependencies and all makes all options. I've never really cared what the targets do individually but that's what I use to build ports, it always builds the dependencies and I've never had any problems using it. Maybe it's redundant or superfluous but it works for me. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Totally newbie - install problems
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:52:09 -0700 (PDT), jle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The target is actually depends with the s. But how is that different from 'make install clean'? *shrug* make depend (without the 's') all install clean has always worked for me. I've used that since FreeBSD 2.1 at least. I would think if it was depends that it would say something like: make: don't know how to make depend. Stop So I assume that depend makes dependencies and all makes all options. I've never really cared what the targets do individually but that's what I use to build ports, it always builds the dependencies and I've never had any problems using it. Maybe it's redundant or superfluous but it works for me. It's probably automatic by now, but yeah, you can save yourself a bit of typing by just using # make install clean - it builds all dependencies as well as the main port. Portupgrade by itself won't upgrade all the dependencies. You'll want to use the -R option for that. Jud Jud ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Totally newbie - install problems
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, jle wrote: The target is actually depends with the s. But how is that different from 'make install clean'? *shrug* make depend (without the 's') all install clean has always worked for me. Okay. The man page lists it with the extra s. So I assume that depend makes dependencies and all makes all options. I've never really cared what the targets do individually but that's what I use to build ports, it always builds the dependencies and I've never had any problems using it. Maybe it's redundant or superfluous but it works for me. I just thought maybe there was some different functionality versus just the install target. Actually, I often split up the make, install, and clean steps in case it turns out I needed to use different build options. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
