[nycbug-talk] ports question

Kevin Reiter tux
Thu Jul 7 19:18:35 EDT 2005


Dru wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Kevin Reiter wrote:
> 
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Here's a stupid question - is there a way to download the files for a 
>> port you want to install without actually installing it at that time?
>>
>> Here's my situation:  I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow for a week, and 
>> won't have net access, but I'd like to install a few apps offline via 
>> ports, and I'd like to avoid looking for the files, checking the MD5, 
>> blah blah blah before I leave, since that would take entirely too 
>> long.  Is there an automagic way to accomplish this?  (Kinda like 
>> Debian's apt-get thing for you Linux gurus.)
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> /usr/ports/misc/porteasy
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> Dru

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