Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:40:44 +0200 From: Robby Balona <robby@grab.co.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox3 port problem Message-ID: <4888946C.7040501@grab.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20080724142536.GA91314@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <48888944.1050203@grab.co.za> <20080724142536.GA91314@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Thanks Roland I have much to learn. Regards Robby Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:53:08PM +0200, Robby Balona wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> I have been tring to port firefox3 on freebsd 7 for a week now. I keep >> coming up against this error >> > > Why are you trying to port it? It is allready in ports: www/firefox3 > > >> gmake:***[libgiofam.la] Error 1 >> >> I have done a portsnap update already. >> > > Using portsnap is not enough; it just updates the ports tree. You also > need to update your installed ports. > > >> Please dont flame me for not looking on google for the error as I have >> not really worried about it until now, when I need firefox. >> > > You need to update your installed ports. You're missing gio-fam-backend, > which is now needed by the gtk+ toolkit which is needed for firefox. > > Use portmaster or portupgrade to upgrade all you installed ports. > > Roland >
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