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From: Louis Epstein on 4 Apr 2010 00:22 Warren Block <wblock(a)wonkity.com> wrote: : Louis Epstein <le(a)main.put.com> wrote: :> mechanic <mechanic(a)example.net> wrote: :>: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:21:24 +0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein wrote: :>: :>:> When the Ports Collection listing tells you that some particular :>:> port "requires" dozens of others...does that mean you have to go :>:> install each of those,or that the makefile for that port will :>:> install the others in the course of installing it? :>: :>: If there are 'dozens' something may be wrong - I had that problem :>: with kphotoalbum, it turned out BSD was trying to install a KDE3.5 :>: version so needed tons of earlier packages. :> :> Take a look at the FreeBSD.org listings for Seamonkey 2.0.3 or :> OpenTTD for example...definitely dozens for each. :> :> One may have installed some of the dozens in installing other :> things, : : Yes. For Seamonkey, most of those dependencies will already be in place : just from installing xorg. And then there's basic stuff like gettext : and perl. It's worth running a 'make config-recursive' first to turn : off optional stuff you don't want. Ran a make install today that made an older Seamonkey functional, then downloaded the 2.0.3 port from the FreeBSD.org ports collection site...but the Seamonkey2 tarball I have in the old port's directory would need a new makefile,I suppose.(If I get that running it can auto-update to 2.0.4). :> but I suppose the "doesn't seem to exist on this system" :> function will pop up a lot. : : On a new system, yes. Install a few of the bigger ports and they'll : drag in all the ordinary dependencies. : :> (Incidentally,I had to edit the Makefile for elm 2.5.8 to add :> someplace that DOES have the tarball,the listed sites,including :> the port maintainer's,don't). : : Might be a temporary situation. It's worth checking with the maintainer : to make sure they're aware of it. I might. -=-=- The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again, at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed. |