07-17-2002
The easiest method to install software in FreeBSD is through the ports collection.
Log in as root then type /stand/sysinstall and hit enter.
Choose the Post-Install Configuration option then Add Pre-Packaged Software and away you go.
The other way is to pull a port or package down via ftp then in the directory you put it in type make install clean and you should be up and going. The port or package will pull all necessary dependencies in for you. Pretty slick eh?
As far as other software goes (For instance Applixware Office 5.0) it can be rather touch and go. You may have to figure out all the dependencis and install them yourself. For what its worth, I've not yet been able to get Applixware to work. Oh well.
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
mk-build-deps
MK-BUILD-DEPS(1) MK-BUILD-DEPS(1)
NAME
mk-build-deps - build a package satisfying a package's build-dependencies
SYNOPSIS
mk-build-deps --help|--version
mk-build-deps [options] control file | package name ...
DESCRIPTION
Given a package name and/or control file, mk-build-deps will use equivs to generate a binary package which may be installed to satisfy all
the build dependencies of the given package.
If --build-dep and/or --build-indep are given, then the resulting binary package(s) will depend solely on the
Build-Depends/Build-Depends-Indep dependencies, respectively.
OPTIONS
-i, --install
Install the generated packages and its build-dependencies.
-t, --tool
When installing the generated package use the specified tool. (default: apt-get --no-install-recommends)
-r, --remove
Remove the package file after installing it. Ignored if used without the --install switch.
-a foo, --arch foo
If the source package has architecture-specific build dependencies, produce a package for architecture foo, not for the system
architecture. (If the source package does not have architecture-specific build dependencies, the package produced is always for the
pseudo-architecture all.)
-B, --build-dep
Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends dependencies.
-A, --build-indep
Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends-Indep dependencies.
-h, --help
Show a summary of options.
-v, --version
Show version and copyright information.
-s, --root-cmd
Use the specified tool to gain root privileges before installing. Ignored if used without the --install switch.
AUTHOR
mk-build-deps is copyright by Vincent Fourmond and was modified for the devscripts package by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
version 2 or later.
Debian Utilities 2013-12-23 MK-BUILD-DEPS(1)