Installed a port and keeping it up to date

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Cb

Hello people,

I have installed Firefox via the ports collection but am not sure how to keep it up to date with the latest version of Firefox. I installed the ports collection with the installation of FreeBSD, and then after the installation I did portsnap fetch, extract and update. After this I installed the available port from Firefox version 3.6.15.

My question: when let's say Firefox becomes version 3.6.20 (for instance) how can I install it without doing harm to my 3.6.15 version? I mean like without touching any configuration I did? So the version in ports will be 3.6.20 and then update my 3.6.15 installation.

Hope I made it clear to make you people understand what I mean :),

Greetings,
Cb
 
Thanks for the fast reply,

Will my installed version of Firefox automatically become the new version? Or do I use make install clean again? I am a newbie to FreeBSD (like it very much) but some things are not that clear to me :).

I know there is PCBSD but I want to learn it the hard way.

Greetings,
Cb
 
Cb said:
Will my installed version of Firefox automatic become the new version?
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No
Or do I use make install clean again?
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Yes, but it's easier to use one of the tools I mentioned.

I am a newbie to FreeBSD (like it very much) but some things are not that clear to me :). I know there is PCBSD but I want to learn it the hard way
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That's good, I'm sure you've already seen the handbook? It contains quite a lot of information.

Handbook: Chapter 24 Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD
 
Thanks,

Yes, I read the Handbook, but this wasn't clear to me. But with the answers you gave me I can study further.

Greetings,
Cb
 
I run

Code: 
 portsnap fetch update && portmaster -a

portmaster can be installed from the ports tree:P
 
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