[nmglug] OpenBSD installed.....now what???

[Jason Davis]

On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 17:29, Tim Emerick wrote:
> I recently installed OpenBSD on my antique SparcStation5 (apparently there is
> a problem with my version of the sparcstation and linux).  I've heard of the
> ports application which is similar to debian's apt-get.
> 
> OK, how do I get the ports application installed and running?  I keep running
> into brick walls on how to even get the thing installed.  With the debian
> apt-get I just browse http://packages.debian.org and find a package I might
> be interested in.  Then a simple apt-get install package installs everything
> for me.  How does ports work?
> 
> What I have now is just the plain vanilla net-installed sparc OpenBSD
> (whatever the latest version is).  No X-windows.  Nothing beyond vanilla.
> 
> Any pointers, help, urls would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks much.
> 
> Tim


Im no BSD guy .... but i think you just cd in into the ports dir , go
into the subdir you need ... i.e. if you wanted to install vim , it
might look something like this....

cd /usr/ports/editors/vi

then..
make
make install

... I think :p good luck There is also some sort of command to update
your ports list i would assume ... might want to run that first.


Thanks,
Jason Davis
mohadib at openactive.org
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