Talk:Port Install Troubleshooting
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| − | when you install a port, what the "make" does is -- wait for it -- ''make'' a package. the "make install" ''installs'' the pkg that the "make" built, and all the other | + | when you install a port, what the "make" does is -- wait for it -- ''make'' a package. the "make install" ''installs'' the pkg that the "make" built, and all the other stuff that gets downloaded and installed and used temporarily gets tossed in /usr/ports/distfiles. generally speaking, you won't need anything in /usr/ports/distfiles unless you're planning on building that port again, which is why it's a good idea to run "make distclean" from /usr/ports every once in a while, since that stuff can really take up a lot of space. |
--[[User:Dave|Dave]] 13:17, 17 Jan 2005 (EST) | --[[User:Dave|Dave]] 13:17, 17 Jan 2005 (EST) | ||
Latest revision as of 14:55, 17 January 2005
I'm not sure my example was really a port, I see "pkg" a lot in the commands. Also I've left the page incomplete due to my current lack of knowledge in some areas.
[edit] short version
when you install a port, what the "make" does is -- wait for it -- make a package. the "make install" installs the pkg that the "make" built, and all the other stuff that gets downloaded and installed and used temporarily gets tossed in /usr/ports/distfiles. generally speaking, you won't need anything in /usr/ports/distfiles unless you're planning on building that port again, which is why it's a good idea to run "make distclean" from /usr/ports every once in a while, since that stuff can really take up a lot of space.
--Dave 13:17, 17 Jan 2005 (EST)
