doubts on FreeBSD

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Cstdenis
>Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:42 AM
>To: Anirban Adhikary; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: doubts on FreeBSD
>
>
>Same as any other *nix operating system. Basically just follow the
>installation instructions with the program. Common basic ones are...
>
>untar it
>    tar -zxf file.tar.gz
>cd into the extracted dir
>    cd file/
>run the configure script if there is one.
>    ./configure
>and compile it with make or if necessary gmake
>    make
>
>
>But, if a program is in the ports tree you are better off using 
>that unless
>you have specific reason not to.
>

Most of the time - there are some ports that the authors make
very strange decisions on, though.  (ever tried the dspam port?)

Ted