Port Options: How to Change

[ter2007]

When you have batch=yes in make.conf, the port will install automatically with default options.

How can you change those options after the port is installed???

Thanks in advance.

[aragon]

You can't. That's why they're called build options. :)

Uninstall, rebuild, reinstall...

[thompsa@]

You can use 'make config' to edit the selected items once its already been saved.

[p3n1x]

if you want to change the config youd just issue a make deinstall then make config, change it, then make reinstall clean

should take care of it...make sure to backup any config files before the deinstall..just in case

[bsddaemon]

You can use 'make config' to edit the selected items once its already been saved.

And you suggest him to rebuild those ports?

[Djn]

And you suggest him to rebuild those ports?

Obviously.

[SirDice]

You can add the options you want to /etc/make.conf. That's how I've done it for years.

Options like WITH_GTK2 for vim. You can even make them dependent on the port.

like so:

.if ${.CURDIR:M*/editors/vim}
WITH_GTK2=yes
.endif


But, obviously, ports need to be build with the options to have them :e

[hedwards]

You can add the options you want to /etc/make.conf. That's how I've done it for years.

Options like WITH_GTK2 for vim. You can even make them dependent on the port.

like so:

.if ${.CURDIR:M*/editors/vim}
WITH_GTK2=yes
.endif


But, obviously, ports need to be build with the options to have them :e
I've wondered about that for some time. But don't Portupgrade and Portmaster ignore those, or am I misinformed?

[kamikaze]

There's no connection to portmaster or portupgrade. They just invoke make, so a solution in make.conf is one that always applies.

[r-c-e]

you can also simply define on the build line:

# make install WITHOUT_X11=yes