How to Build a Custom Port Tree
Abid Saigol
abid at saigol.biz
Thu Aug 19 15:37:47 PDT 2004
I am a newbie to FreeBSD
I'm using an old machine right now with limited disk space, so I don't want to install the entire ports collection. I want to build a custom port tree, and I'm finding the docs to be a bit silent on this account as I guess nowadays disk space is usually abundant so installing the entire port tree is the preferred route.
Can someone give some basic guidance on:
1) Do I install a compiler or does the basic FreeBSD install have it installed already?
2) How do I setup a single application port?
3) Will I need to trace dependence or will make pull in the required libraries?
4) Can I use CVsup to keep a limited number of ports up to date?
Any and all guidance in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Abid
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