Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 6 Aug 2002 11:59:22 -0800
From:      Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org>
To:        "Jon Reynolds" <jonr@destar.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Checking installed packages
Message-ID:  <20020806195923.06CBB2DD@nebula.anchoragerescue.org>
In-Reply-To: <IMEDIGOECABKBHJDKLNOGENACDAA.jonr@destar.net>
References:  <IMEDIGOECABKBHJDKLNOGENACDAA.jonr@destar.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tuesday 06 August 2002 11:48 am, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beech Rintoul [mailto:akbeech@sinbad.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:40 AM
> To: Jon Reynolds; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Checking installed packages
>
> On Tuesday 06 August 2002 11:17 am, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> > I am trying to find out whiat packages are installed on my freebsd4.6
> > box. I know I have php installed but when I do an 'pkg_info' it doesn't
> > show
>
> up.
>
> > I have read that this command will only show if I used the pkg_add or
> > pkg_create commands. So what is the command that would show everything
> > installed?
> >
> > Jon
>
> Software you compiled from distribution sources will not show up in
> pkg_info.
> I strongly suggest using the ports/packages whenever possible. The only way
> to delete a package you compiled yourself is from the original sources and
> make uninstall. Or you have to go in and delete the files by hand (yuck).
> If you stick with the ports you can use portupgrade to manage them which
> does a very good job of keeping the depends in tact.

Use cvsup to update your ports tree:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html

Beech

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - akbeech@anchoragerescue.org
/"\   ASCII Ribbon Campaign  | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission
\ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail  | P.O. Box 230510
 X  - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99523-0510
/ \ -----------------------------------------------------------------

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020806195923.06CBB2DD>