[NMLUG] bsd ports

[aaron at boim.com (Aaron Birenboim)]

Tim Emerick wrote:
> I was reading an article on linuxfoo.org(1) regarding how to use BSD Ports. 
> It sounded good and piqued my interest in bsd again but I need a frame of
> reference.  I'm quite comfortable with Debian's apt-get.  Is the bsd ports
> similar in nature to apt-get?

somewhat...  but more geared toward building from source.

Frankly, Gentoo's "portage" is even better than BSD ports
(but is still quite similar to BSD ports).
It the project has critical mass, you may want to take a
look at Gentoo.    I wonder of Dan's entrance to the "real" world
has crippled Gentoo?
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