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From: Louis Epstein on 15 Mar 2010 01:21 When the Ports Collection listing tells you that some particular port "requires" dozens of others...does that mean you have to go install each of those,or that the makefile for that port will install the others in the course of installing it? -=-=- The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again, at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
From: Ted Nolan <tednolan> on 15 Mar 2010 02:15 In article <hnkg4k$dfk$1(a)reader1.panix.com>, Louis Epstein <le(a)main.put.com> wrote: >When the Ports Collection listing tells you that some particular port >"requires" dozens of others...does that mean you have to go install >each of those,or that the makefile for that port will install the others >in the course of installing it? > >-=-=- >The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again, >at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed. It will build & install them, but if you have "packages" for a dependant port, you can save time by installing the packages rather than having to build everything. Ted -- ------ columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..
From: Warren Block on 15 Mar 2010 11:26 Louis Epstein <le(a)main.put.com> wrote: > When the Ports Collection listing tells you that some particular port > "requires" dozens of others...does that mean you have to go install > each of those,or that the makefile for that port will install the others > in the course of installing it? Missing dependencies are installed automatically. 'make missing' will show what dependencies are not yet installed. -- Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA
From: mechanic on 15 Mar 2010 14:05 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:21:24 +0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein wrote: > When the Ports Collection listing tells you that some particular > port "requires" dozens of others...does that mean you have to go > install each of those,or that the makefile for that port will > install the others in the course of installing it? If there are 'dozens' something may be wrong - I had that problem with kphotoalbum, it turned out BSD was trying to install a KDE3.5 version so needed tons of earlier packages. -- mechanic
From: Louis Epstein on 15 Mar 2010 16:44
mechanic <mechanic(a)example.net> wrote: : On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:21:24 +0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein wrote: : :> When the Ports Collection listing tells you that some particular :> port "requires" dozens of others...does that mean you have to go :> install each of those,or that the makefile for that port will :> install the others in the course of installing it? : : If there are 'dozens' something may be wrong - I had that problem : with kphotoalbum, it turned out BSD was trying to install a KDE3.5 : version so needed tons of earlier packages. Take a look at the FreeBSD.org listings for Seamonkey 2.0.3 or OpenTTD for example...definitely dozens for each. One may have installed some of the dozens in installing other things,but I suppose the "doesn't seem to exist on this system" function will pop up a lot. (Incidentally,I had to edit the Makefile for elm 2.5.8 to add someplace that DOES have the tarball,the listed sites,including the port maintainer's,don't). -=-=- The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again, at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed. |