Portinstall question

[Jorn Argelo]

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 06:44:33 -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote

> How do you know what name to use for the portinstall to work? For 
> example, I wanted to install MySQL 41. The folders under 
> /usr/ports/databases include several variations on my-sql. Among 
> others are mysql323-server, mysql40-server, mysql41-server, and 
> mysql50-server. In the Makefile for mysql41 it states PORTNAME?= 
> mysql. But trying "portinstall mysql" or "portinstall mysql41" or 
> "portinstall mysql41-server" all result in a message that the port 
> doesn't exist. The command that works is "portinstall mysql-server", 
> which I found with a basic google search, but I don't find that in 
> the descriptions or Makefiles. Looking just at what is in the ports 
> tree (or anywhere else on a 4.9 system), where would I properly find 
> that name?

You can better issue the following commands:

# cd /usr/ports/the-port-you-want
# make all install clean

To be honest, I never knew a command like portinstall existed =/. I have 
always used the above mentioned commands.

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