installing apps

[Chuck Swiger]

Spidey Knepscheld wrote:
> This might be the silliest question on air but shit I need to know.If I
> am not mistaken to install a new app I first need to update the ports
> tree ?

Since others have told you how to update your ports tree, let me try to answer 
the other part of the question:

No, you don't absolutely have to update the ports tree to install a new app. 
If you build an app using an old ports tree, you may get an older version of 
the app, and/or you may miss important changes in terms of security patches or 
other fixes which have appeared since you last updated ports.

If you stay current with your ports, the people who maintain them will try to 
only make mistakes once, and then fix those problems before anyone else runs 
into them.  If you don't stay current, then it's up to you to maintain the 
software on your machines yourself, and to be willing to fix any problems you 
run into as a result yourself.  [ Most people find the ports very useful. ]

-- 
-Chuck