Re: HOW2 install the port -> OPENOFFICE to a hard drive other than the installation drive ?
From: Christopher Nehren (apeiron+usenet_at_coitusmentis.info)
Date: 06/28/05
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Date: 28 Jun 2005 04:07:53 GMT
On 2005-06-27, Courtney Thomas scribbled these
curious markings:
> I ran out of disk space and have now installed another drive just so I can
> run Open Office 1.1.2 under FreeBSD 5.3.
>
> As I understand it...the source is stored under /usr/ports/distfiles and
> the port Makefile is under /usr/ports/editors/openoffice-1.1. I'm
> designating my extra hard drive as /hd.
>
> How should this be accomplished so that I don't run into permission
> problems, etc., i.e. so that the installation can locate it's requirements
> as it proceeds ?
Instead of doing something like that, maybe you can employ the disk
which is mounted as /hd for /usr instead? Then you could just proceed
normally, transparently.
Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
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