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Jordan K. Hubbard 1998-06-11 18:33:29 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: ports.inc,v 1.20 1998-03-28 22:27:27 asami Exp $ -->
<p>The FreeBSD Ports Collection offers a simple way for users and
administrators to install applications. Each ``port'' listed here
<!-- $Id: ports.inc,v 1.21 1998-06-11 18:33:29 jkh Exp $ -->
<p>The FreeBSD Ports and Packages Collection offers a simple way for
users and administrators to install applications. Each ``port'' listed here
contains any patches necessary to make the original application source
code compile and run on FreeBSD. Installing an application is as
simple as downloading the port, unpacking it and typing <tt>make</tt>
@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ unpacks it on your system, applies the patches, and compiles. If
all goes well, simply type <tt>make install</tt> to install the
application and register it with the package system.</p>
<p>For most ports, a precompiled <tt>package</tt> also exists, saving
the user the work of having to compile anything at all. Each port
contains a link to its corresponding package and you may either simply
download that file and then run the <strong>pkg_add</strong> command
on it or you can simply grab the link location and hand it straight
to <strong>pkg_add</strong> since it's capable of accepting FTP URLs as
well as filenames.</p>
<p>For more information about using ports, see <a
href="../handbook/ports.html">The ports collection</a>. For
information about creating new ports, see <a
@ -38,10 +46,11 @@ We compile and test our ports on <a
href="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</a>. Their current release is
3.3.2. Some ports may not work with older releases.</p>
<p>For more information about new ports, changed ports,
removed ports, or searching for an application see the
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi">
FreeBSD Ports Changes</a> script.</p>
<p>For more information about new, changed or removed ports/packages,
or if you wish to search for a specific application to see if it's
available as a port/package, please see the
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi">FreeBSD Ports Changes</a>
page.</p>
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