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Eugene Yarmash
Asked: 2011-06-04 13:19:25 +0800 CST

Is it safe to install several apps from ports at the same time?

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Can multiple make installs cause problems for the package system?

For example:

cd /usr/ports/*/nmap && make install
cd /usr/ports/*/firefox && make install
freebsd

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  1. Best Answer

    Yes, if two ports have the same dependancy, try to build it at the same time, one or both builds will fail. It's better to build ports serially (making a meta port of all the ports you want to install is a good idea if you're going to do it on several machines) and run make with a -j # to increase concurrency where it's able .

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