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Old 16th April 2009
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when i try to install opera with ports it stalls after it gets to 100%, don't know the reason why but I guess i'll have to find an alternative. (its not just opera, it did it for xfce4 too but i can just use pkg_add for it, opera i don't think it's on any package lists right?)
Hijacking your own thread, eh?

Opera cannot be distributed as a package due to licensing. But it is available as a "binary port" as it is a closed source application. The port merely places it in a package for install. (All ports build packages.)

I'm going to assume that because you are seeing a percentage complete, you have reached the point where the port is in its "make install" phase, and is running pkg_add(8) for you. You might be able to obtain more information by manually using pkg_add -v. The package can be found under /usr/ports/packages/<arch>/all/.

Last edited by jggimi; 16th April 2009 at 11:44 AM. Reason: clarity of license phrase
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