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Re: Selkirk, I Can't Install BSD *whine* *grouse* |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Oct 21 20:20:22 2014, in response to Re: Selkirk, I Can't Install BSD *whine* *grouse*, posted by 3-9 on Tue Oct 21 19:25:15 2014. In BSD land, you move through the /usr/ports/(type)/(software you want) directories, you type in "make install pkg" and it automatically constructs any dependencies you don't have and then finishes up the port you asked for once all of that compiles. It's actually very easy once you know how it all works.If I want to add for example, gnome2, I just have to go to /usr/ports/x11/gnome2, type in "make install pkg" there and all 487 dependencies get compiled first, then gnome2 goes in on top. It's quite simple. The real work comes in if you want to change how any of the dependencies or ports are designed. We do a lot of modifications since the real issues we have center around unsupported hardware and their needs. It's the hardware stuff that keeps us busy. In Windows and OS X, the manufacturers of the hardware write the system drivers for their stuff. They're not really interested in Linux or BSD and so in order to get hardware to work, we have to write those drivers ourselves. That's the REAL heavy lifting. :( |
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