Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:24:29 -0400 From: "michael johnson" <ahze@ahze.net> To: "azhar freebsd" <freebsd999@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing GNOME 2.14 Message-ID: <b2203fed0609210424t3fc456b9ld39308b1b24dc1e2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e4d4eae30609210008t780f4c38u6a5633bc82e5e5c0@mail.gmail.com> References: <e4d4eae30609210008t780f4c38u6a5633bc82e5e5c0@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/21/06, azhar freebsd <freebsd999@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi > i am new about freebsd . recently i am tried to install GNOME > 2.14executing the following command > # pkg_add -r gnome2 > but when i check the install package it shows as follows . > > [root@belagelo]~#pkg_info | grep gnome2 > gnome2-2.10.2 The "meta-port" for the GNOME 2 integrated X11 desktop > [root@belagelo]~# > > why ? it seems i failed to install the latest one (gnome 2.14). can > anybody > tell me how to install that > ? > > > > [root@belagelo]~#uname -a > FreeBSD belagelo.com 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 > 09:36:13 > UTC 2005 root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > [root@belagelo]~# ^^^ The reason you have gnome 2.10 is because gnome 2.10 is what shipped with 6.0-RELEASE. see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html and http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq214.html for directions to keep your ports up to date and upgrade gnome.
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