Gentoo is my next project. But that is going to be VERY hard as I need the 64bit version for PA-RISC. But that isn't the issue.
Ports work pretty much the same way. They download all dependencies etc etc etc. THAT isn't the problem. What I am doing is installing all the programs that I want. That way I don't have to go and install them one at a time. (Ie. cd /usr/ports/editors/nano make && make install clean, cd /usr/ports/shells/bash2 make && make install clean and so on and so on...) What I have is a script that goes into each directory and makes each program one at a time. Ports automaticly downloads any dependencies. Thing is, for some apps, like Firefox, gdeslets, abiword etc all have a configuration screen that comes up and asks what you want to have installed. Like do you want the GuCharMap for Abiword. Thing is, ALL that can be defined as a custom knob in the make line ( ie. make ENABLE_DEFAULT_COLORS=yes && make install clean for lynx). The problem is that no mater what, that screen still comes up. If I define the knobs the area's are just preselected for me. Also, some dependencies have the same kind of config options that pop up. What I want, is for it to install a default config unless otherwise defined as a knob in the make line. I don't want it to stop and wait for me to hit enter.
Hope that clears up the problem a bit =) |
