Installling packages/ports as user

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codesweat

Hello,

I have ran into the problem of not being able to install packages as a user. I don't want to install them as root because A. I shouldn't have to, and B. It fills up my root partition to quickly. I am pretty new so be patient. How do I add packages/compile ports with the user so it will go on the users partition, or the correct directory if multiuser. I am sure it has something to do with permissions.

Brian
 
Yes
Code: 
cd /usr/ports/xxx/
chown -R user:user yyy
cd yyy
make install PREFIX=/home/user/install 
/home/user/install/bin/yyy.execute ..............
But it's not suggest !

The exactly you need is PREFIX .
 
Hello,

Just to make sure I have this right. I go to /usr/ports/(whatever port directory i want) then chown -R user:user (my username here?) well I lied i'm not sure I understand. I am new so please explain a little further.

Brian
 
You don't want to start chown-ing directories willy-nilly under /usr/ports.

Instead, you want to set WRKDIRPREFIX to a directory owned by the user, something like $HOME/portbuild

Then, when you build ports, it will all be done underneath $HOME/portbuild/usr/ports/<category>/<portdir>/work/

However, be sure to set PREFIX on the make command line, to compile and install the app correctly.

Code: 
$ cd $HOME
$ mkdir $HOME/portbuild
$ export WRKDIRPREFIX=$HOME/portbuild
$ cd /usr/ports/somecat/someapp
$ make PREFIX=$HOME/apps install clean

HOWEVER, this won't actually work, as there is only 1 installed package database, /var/db/pkg. And non-root users don't have write permission here. Nor does the database support multiple installs of the same app.
 
Yeah, how does this "fill up your root partition"? Ports are installed under /usr/local and some meta stuff under /var/db. And you can always use security/sudo (even password-less) to make it a 'user-like' process.
 
codesweat said:
I have ran into the problem of not being able to install packages as a user. I don't want to install them as root because A. I shouldn't have to,
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What makes you think you don't need root to install packages?
 
Hey guys,

I thought you could put in the root password for things that needed root access. I guess I was wrong. I will put more space for the root partition and that should fix the problem. I have 70 g of space and did auto when partitioning. It only gave me 500 something MB for the root partition. Ill just add more.

Brian
 
codesweat said:
Hey guys,

I thought you could put in the root password for things that needed root access. I guess I was wrong. I will put more space for the root partition and that should fix the problem. I have 70 g of space and did auto when partitioning. It only gave me 500 something MB for the root partition. Ill just add more.

Brian
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Do you have a separate /usr partition? That's where your apps are being installed, not in /.

Also, try installing security/sudo. It allows you to run commands as root without using su.
 
codesweat said:
Hey guys,

I thought you could put in the root password for things that needed root access. I guess I was wrong. I will put more space for the root partition and that should fix the problem. I have 70 g of space and did auto when partitioning. It only gave me 500 something MB for the root partition. Ill just add more.

Brian
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You install as root, but run as user. Some applications will require you to run as root such as apache, but most, don't. And 500MB is enough for / (should be).
 
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