How-to capture error messages from ... recent instant-workst

[Toomas Aas]

Hello!

> Can someone tell me where to look for how to capture the console 
> screens that fly by in the port install process? 

Before starting the installation, issue this command:

script /var/tmp/portinstall.log

After finishing the installation (successfully or unsuccessfully), 
issue this command:

exit

Then you can read everything that was printed on the console during 
installation from the file /var/tmp/portinstall.log (which may be 
pretty large!).

Unfortunately I am not familiar with instant-workstation port so I 
can't comment on that specific situation. My only idle thought is that 
if you are not sure what various port configure options do it may be 
safer to leave them as defaults.
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