How to install the same port twice but at different locations?

Chuck Swiger cswiger at mac.com
Fri Dec 8 13:22:49 PST 2006


On Dec 8, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Alexis Dorais-Joncas wrote:
> I think you misunderstood my problem. I know how to install a port  
> to a specific location using PREFIX. What I want to achieve is to  
> have one port installed twice. For example, I want one whole  
> instance of phpMyAdmin to be in /var/www/ and a whole other one in / 
> home/someuser/. And I want both instances to be manageable with the  
> package tools (such as portupgrade) in order to keep both updated  
> easily.

You might want to consider using jails to have separate port tree  
installations.

-- 
-Chuck



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