A Synaptic package manager for PC-BSD?

[vinoman]

Is there a way to install files besides using the Download PBI page? Does PC-BSD have something like Synaptic package manager?

I have looked through the documentation and it doesn't have the information Im looking for.

Thanks

[Dingens]

http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html

[Oliver Herold]

Have a look into /usr/ports/ports-mgmt

[vinoman]

Have a look into /usr/ports/ports-mgmt

there is nothing in /usr/ports/

How do you install the codecs for running DVD's?

[vinoman]

http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html

I went to that site, but I couldn't find the codecs the playing DVDs. Where would they be?

[DragnLord]

I went to that site, but I couldn't find the codecs the playing DVDs. Where would they be?

When you install one of the media players that play DVDs, the needed libraries are installed.

[Oliver Herold]

>there is nothing in /usr/ports/

Then you should install the portstree first. After installing it, installing the codecs is really easy ( /usr/ports/multimedia/win32-codecs ).


How to use ports:

http://faqs.pcbsd.org/index.php?action= ... artlang=en

[Rockrol913]

O.K...
I'm guessing that your coming for Debian GNU/Linux ...
I LOVE Debian ... APT-GET rules ! Along with Synaptic !
The REAL Debian ... Not Ubuntu !
You can use DesktopBSD Tools or BPM ...
It's not Synaptic or APT-GET ...
But they are nice GUI's for ports .
Debian/KFreeBSD uses Synaptic and APT-GET !
It's Debian but without the Linux Kernel ...
It uses the FreeBSD Kernel instead .
As far as playing DVD's along with MANY other formats install VLC !
It works very well ... But if you live in the U.S.A. be careful .
VLC contains libdvdss witch is not legal there .
Take care !

[TerryP]

installing libraries:

open konsole session

su
password:
pkg_add -r libdvdread
pkg_add -r libdvdnav
pkg_add -r libdvdplay
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/libdvdcss && make install distclean

pkg_add -r => fetch package from remote server and install it along with any thing it requires.


Gentoo portage / emerge was based on FreeBSD ports system, read the link that was posted to learn more about the 'make install' thing.


Being at work on a GUI front end for ports, I'll refrain from comment on that issue.

[vinoman]

This is as far as I could go...

%su
Password:
pcbsd# pkg_add -r libdvdread
Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports ... read.tbz... Done.
pkg_add: package 'libdvdread-0.9.7_3' or its older version already installed
pcbsd# pkg_add -r libdvdnav
Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports ... dnav.tbz... Done.
pcbsd# pkg_add -r libdvdplay
Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports ... play.tbz... Done.
pcbsd# cd /usr/ports/multimedia/libdvdcss && make install distclean
/usr/ports/multimedia/libdvdcss: No such file or directory.
pcbsd#
pcbsd#

What's missing?