cvsup newbie questions

[Tom Connolly]

Do a "make BATCH=yes install clean"

Then it is set for all meta ports as well.  I had to find this out the
hard way.  It took 3 days to install Gnome.  I kept coming back to a
menu configuration screen.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikolas Britton [mailto:freebsd at nbritton.org] 
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:17 PM
To: Tom Connolly
Cc: 'Joshua Lokken'; 'Kevin Smith'; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: cvsup newbie questions


Tom Connolly wrote:

>[snip]
>If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup 
>the ports tree (ports-all), then cd into the directory for the gnome 
>meta-port (it builds gnome and alot of associated apps) and build it, 
>like so:
>
># cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
># make install clean
>  
>
there is also gnome2-lite, gnome2-fifth-toe, gnome2-office, and 
gnome2-power-tools

>Make sure you set BATCH=yes or when you get home you will have a very 
>annoying configuration menu on your screen asking you what you want to 
>install.
>  
>
set BATCH=yes where and what does it do with the optional make options, 
esp for meta ports?