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

Lane lane at joeandlane.com
Fri Dec 8 12:43:00 PST 2006


On Friday 08 December 2006 13:58, Alexis Dorais-Joncas wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Subject says it all. I would like to install the package phpMyAdmin on
> two different locations on my server. Is this doable? If so, how?
>
> I'm using  FreeBSD g-noc.net 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu
> Nov  3 09:36:13 UTC 2005
> root at x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386 with ports
> updated daily with cvsup.
>
> Right now, after I do :
> cd  /usr/ports/databases/phpmyadmin
> sudo make PREFIX=/xxx/yyy install
>
> I get :
> pkg_info|grep Admin
> phpMyAdmin-2.9.1.1  A set of PHP-scripts to manage MySQL over the web
>
> And when I try to install it again but using a different PREFIX, I get
> this :
> ===>  Checking if databases/phpmyadmin already installed
> ===>   phpMyAdmin-2.9.1.1 is already installed
>       You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
>
> Using FORCE_PKG_REGISTER unregisters the first installation, so its no
> good for this I guess.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Alexis
> _______________________________________________
Alexis,

Read through the porters' handbook, 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/.

You are interested primarily in PREFIX and DESTDIR, but all of the text up to 
that point is enlightening.

lane


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