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Hi all:

I start to use FreeBSD 2.2.5 for a month la, and want to install KDE.
However, I meet quite a lot of problem, can any one HELP me
I have downloaded some file from Internet, here are
    kdesupport
    kdelibs
    kdebase

    kdegames
    kdeutils
    kdegraphics
    kdemultimedia
    kdenetwork
    kdeadmin
[they are all  *.lsm and  *.tar]

After extract them with   tar xvzf   command, I have got so many file
extracted.
Can I use     make install    to port it ? how ?
I still need to connect to internet during installation ?

: Hi all:

: I start to use FreeBSD 2.2.5 for a month la, and want to install KDE.
: However, I meet quite a lot of problem, can any one HELP me
: I have downloaded some file from Internet, here are
: [they are all  *.lsm and  *.tar]

1:    Move the tar files to /usr/ports/distfiles

2:    cd /usr/ports/x11/kde

3:    make

4:    make install

5:    make clean

    It will alomost certainly be useful to be online while doing this,
you might not have all of the parts of kde and supporting libraries also
the ones you have might not be up to date. The ports build approach
will fetch all of the right files and build all of the dependencies for
you.

[ports installation procedure snipped]

Quote:

>    It will alomost certainly be useful to be online while doing this,
>you might not have all of the parts of kde and supporting libraries also
>the ones you have might not be up to date. The ports build approach
>will fetch all of the right files and build all of the dependencies for
>you.

If you want to build any port offline, whilst online type:
        make fetch depends DEPENDS_TARGET=fetch

This automatically downloads any distfiles you need but don't have.
You can then build and install the ports offline. This is very
useful if you have to pay for your online time (local calls are not
free in most of the world).

Note: I believe this only works with recent versions of FreeBSD.

Regards,
Tom