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Old 15th June 2010
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Originally Posted by Pjoter View Post
The question was how to set-up the ports not packages.
As jggimi states, the project advocates using the package system over compiling from ports. This is especially important to newbies, who frequently are looking to get configuration done quickly & with minimal work.

As stated in Section 15.3 of the FAQ:

The ports tree is meant for advanced users. Everyone is encouraged to use the pre-compiled binary packages.
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