Re: package management documentation
Many thanks to all for some very useful links and pointers. Peter ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: package management documentation
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 07:23 pm, Peter Ryan wrote: > How did everyone here find out > about the various utitilities > available for managing ports and > packages ? > > I realised the lack of answers to > my recent questions about KDE nad > openldap meant that it was > generally felt that i should have been > able to dig the information out > from somewhere. > > I have got some useful answers now > but searching google and archives > resulted in days of frustration. (Probably > using wrong criteria or something) > > Many people here seem very > comfortable with all the port > management issues, and I am > wondering how you came by this. > > As an ultra newbie, I have found this > whole area one of the most difficult > to get an effective practical grasp of. > > Thanks > Peter Here is a link you may find interesting http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html -Mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: package management documentation
Peter Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How did everyone here find out > about the various utitilities > available for managing ports and > packages ? The handbook is the best place to start: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html There are also many resources such as Daemonnews and Michael Lucas' Big Scary Daemons series that have lots of information. A lot of it comes from working with things over time. Keep in mind that with open source, the docs are only as good as you and I make them. (ok, there's other people involved, but you get the point) If you go through the official FreeBSD docs and are still confused, consider working with the doc team to make the docs better. Sometimes, when you understand something very well, it can be difficult to understand why others don't understand it, so having that sort of input can be very helpful. Otherwise, this list is where you can go when all else fails, but don't be upset if asking a question on the list just gets you a link to existing docs. It's pretty common for folks to ask questions that are already answered in the docs, because they haven't found the docs yet. Thus, a link to the docs answers two questions at once: 1) the answer to the original question, and 2) where to find the answer. If you're not getting good responses to your questions, I would suggest reading grog's explanation on how to ask good questions: http://www.lemis.com/questions.html -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
package management documentation
How did everyone here find out about the various utitilities available for managing ports and packages ? I realised the lack of answers to my recent questions about KDE nad openldap meant that it was generally felt that i should have been able to dig the information out from somewhere. I have got some useful answers now but searching google and archives resulted in days of frustration. (Probably using wrong criteria or something) Many people here seem very comfortable with all the port management issues, and I am wondering how you came by this. As an ultra newbie, I have found this whole area one of the most difficult to get an effective practical grasp of. Thanks Peter ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"