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Tell users to get the upgrade kit if using ports-current on a release system.

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Mention the list of categories in the handbook.
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<!-- $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.31 1998-10-04 01:14:38 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.32 1998-11-07 06:37:02 asami Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<chapt><heading>Installing Applications: The Ports collection<label id="ports"></heading>
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might sound like rather a fiddly job
full of pitfalls, but it is actually very easy.
<p>
The key to it is that the FreeBSD FTP server can create on-the-fly
First, if you are running a release version of FreeBSD, make sure you
get the appropriate ``upgrade kit'' for your release from the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/ports/" name="ports page">. These
packages include files that have been updated since the release that
you may need to compile new ports.
<p>
The key to the skeletons is that the FreeBSD FTP server can create on-the-fly
<ref id="ports:tarball" name="tarballs"> for you. Here is how it works,
with the gnats program in the databases directory as an example (the
bits in square brackets are comments. Do not type them in if you are
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# Date created: 13 November 1997
# Whom: jraynard
#
# $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.31 1998-10-04 01:14:38 jkh Exp $
# $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.32 1998-11-07 06:37:02 asami Exp $
#
DISTNAME= ElectricFence-2.0.5
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name="tarball">, but without the extension.
<p>
`CATEGORIES&quot; states what kind of program this is. In this case, a
utility for developers.
utility for developers. See the <ref id="porting:categories"
name="categories"> section of this handbook for a complete list.
<p>
`MASTER_SITES&quot; is the URL(s) of the master FTP site, which is
used to retrieve the <ref id="ports:tarball" name="tarball"> if it is not