installing ports xorg
Peter Koinange
peter.koinange at ke.wananchi.com
Tue Mar 24 23:09:51 PDT 2009
Tim,
Looks like perhaps your ports tree is bad, I suggest you install the full ports tree and try and build from source
k
----- "Tim Judd" <tajudd at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 14:00 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
> > Tim Judd wrote:
> > > I'm getting ZERO feedback when I install the xorg metaport,
> updated
> > > ports tree today.
> > >
> > > # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg
> > > # make install
> > > #
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So what am i missing?
> > >
> > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-install.html
> > > tells me to install this port.
> > >
> > >
> > > I even deleted /var/db/pkg/* and /var/db/ports/* to try to hook it
> to
> > > install... Retrying the above install every time. Nothing
> works.
> > >
> > > What to do?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks....
> > >
> > it will take many many hours to compile. If you read more in
> handbook it
> > also says you can install the package version which should only take
> 30
> > minutes.
> >
> > pkg_add -r xorg
> >
>
> that doesn't answer my original question. I'm not interested in your
> solution here, I want to build from source.
>
> And I can take the many hours, i'm setting up a machine before it's
> necessity and need to use it isn't now...
>
>
> Again, why doesn't the port install correctly?
>
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