[Gllug] Installing Stuff?

[Vincent AE Scott]

Jim Bailey(jim at lateral.net)@Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 05:35:53PM +0000:
> Hi Vince,
> 
> To speak heresy on this list take a look at the BSD ports system I have 
> just started to get into it.  It AFAIK downloads the source and do a 
> standard scripted make configure, make install thing all from one command.
> I believe Debian do something similar with apt-get source but I think it 
> requires more work on the part of the admin.  I saw the Debian thing been 
> done one with about 80 different packages at once and it worked but I 
> reckon you have to work on it real hard to be that good with it.

# cd /usr/src;make
as i recall, i was extremely impressed with this the first time in
installed BSD.  cant remember which strain it was, but it's very cool.
so long as your on a phat pipe.

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