OpenBSD Ports

[tzoi516]

I wasn't sure where to post this, so I opted for this forum. Google and forum search failed me, so I was wondering if anyone had a link that showed people how to install the FreeBSD ports tree to OpenBSD. Also, how big should the FreeBSD ports tree directory should be? I made a 16GB slice for /usr for ports installation. Thanks.

 

[junovitch@]

There are quite a few differences in how things are done between FreeBSD and OpenBSD. If you had specific software in mind, you can probably make some changes to the port from one to work on another but you can't just plug the ports tree from one OS to the other.

 

[mix_room]

OpenBSD has its own package/port system: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html

 

[tzoi516]

OpenBSD has its own package/port system: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html

Yes, and I'm not a fan of it after using FreeBSD's ports management - FreeBSD's makes sense. Plus, in the FAQ it also recommends using packages over ports.

Also, Installing OpenBSD on a new system using the auto partitioning option makes /usr too small - I maxed out the space from a Firefox failed install. Ended up partitioning myself and tripling the slice size.

 

[Kiiski]

If you're looking for cross-platform ports/packages management system, pkgsrc is your friend. Maybe you're already familiar with it, but in case someone is not, more information can be found example from here:

http://www.pkgsrc.org/

 

[tzoi516]

Thanks, I'll check that out.