JRE for FreeBSD 5.4, Monitoring FreeBSD

[Arvind Nahata]

Thanks again for extending the help folks!
I am clear with the concepts of Ports and packages
now.

I am not in a hunt for the system calls I need to know
 in order to collect CPU, Memory and other system
information.

Any inputs on this will also be of great help.

Thanks!

--- Ian G <iang at iang.org> wrote:

> Arvind Nahata wrote:
> > Many thanks to Ian G, Greg Lewis, and Ronald Klop
> for
> > their responses!
> > 
> > Please ignore my ignorance, but can you first tell
> me
> > what do you mean by "PORTS"
> > 
> > I am really confused and am sure it has some
> different
> > meaning in the FreeBSD world.
> 
> 
> Yes, it's really confusing.  Packages are like
> RPMs where you download the whole thing in a big
> compiled archive.
> 
> Ports is a different system where you compiled
> and download the source.  The system lives in a
> directory called /usr/ports.  In there are about
> 100 categories, and in each category directory
> are about 100 porducts.  Each product has a
> Makefile and other files to support downloading
> compile and install.
> 
> It's mostly driven by portupgrade(1) these days,
> but there are a bunch of commands you have to
> execute and know when they apply - it's a bit
> of a mess because there isn't a unifying document
> that shows which other commands are needed AFAIK.
> I can send you a crib sheet on that.
> 
> Also, you have to make a sort of decision as to
> whether you are running packages philosophy or
> ports philosophy.  They do live together sometimes
> but not always.  For your purposes - Java - you
> will need to live as ports.
> 
> The good news is that ports does seem pretty
> robust when you know and follow the commands.
> It's not nearly as bad as "linux upgrade hell."
> 
> (Ports inspired Gentoo IIRC.)
> 
> All IMHO...
> 
> > Also, where can I find all the posts of
> > freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org?
> 
> iang
> 


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