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Date:      Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:14:45 +0100
From:      <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com>
To:        Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Installing gnome2  with XFree86-4 - Why is this so difficilt?????
Message-ID:  <1027278885.3d3b0825bd614@netmail.pipex.net>
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Hi Kevin,
   Okay.., I'm at the point of considering rebuilding the box here.

Before I do, I'd appreciate though, frank answers to two scenarios if you can..,

1] Stop the current re-install of XFree86-4 (with the constant failings due to 
components being already installed:-

Can I stop this re-install?
Is there a procedure for then ensuring that I *copmpletely* wipe all instances 
of XFree-<anything> from the system, before attempting installing via a package?

2] Seeing that this whole situation is all about my initial failed attempts to 
install gnome2,:

After completion of the XFree86-4 install (via ports or packages), should I 
proceed on from the point where the gnome2 install fails (at the gle error)?

If not, and I have to re-fetch fresh gnome2 sources, is there a procedure for 
*completely* removing ALL instances of gnome from the system?

For both scenarios above, how do I ensure that I get the latest (hopefully 
correct) binaries for installation?

Thanks again Kevin., Please don't think that I mean to place you in a spot or 
anything., you're just the *only* person that's bothered to reply to my post on 
this list.

Stacey

Quoting Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>:

> Someone, quite probably , once wrote:
> >I'm actually running the re-install of XFree86-4 at the moment wihtout
> having 
> >done a make distclean. Is this the reason why for each component, it
> fails 
> >with "error: XFree86-4<component> already installed, perhaps an older 
> >version..,"?
> >
> >Would it be in my interest then to stop this and restart from the
> beginning?
> 
> It sounds like everything wasn't quite removed when you deinstalled.
> 
> ls /var/db/pkg | grep -i xfree
> 
> That should show up a few things that might need removing.  Else make
> sure your ports tree is fully up to date and then run:
> 
> portversion -L =
> 
> That may show up a few out of date things that could be worth upgrading.
> 
> portupgrade -rR XFree86-4
> 
> The above might resolve a few issues if you are out of date.  Else it
> might be worth thinking about packages this time: 
> 
> pkg_add -r XFree86-4
> 
> Will get the latest binary and hopefully get you back to a working
> state.  Then you could probably track X using portupgrade to reduce
> hassle.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> >Quoting Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>:
> >
> >> Someone, quite probably Stacey Roberts, once wrote:
> >> >1] From the *one* reply I've had to my earlier post concerning the
> >> gnome2 
> >> >install failure, it appear that I have to re-install XFree86-4.2.0.
> Why
> >> is that 
> >> >after running pkg_delete on XFree86-4.0.2, "make" doesn't go out and
> >> get a 
> >> >fresh set of files for the re-install?
> >> >
> >> >Am I missing something about the make process here? Presumably there
> >> was 
> >> >something wrong with the XFree86-4 sources I got yesterday when I
> >> installed it, 
> >> >so I would have thought it logical that I should be obtaining a
> fresh
> >> set of 
> >> >source files for the new install.
> >> 
> >> To fetch new sources you need to remove the old ones from
> >> /usr/ports/distfiles.  You can either manually rm each tarball or
> just
> >> run "make distclean" before "make".
> >> 
> >> It can also be worth running "make fetch" as your first step to
> install
> >> a port as that simply downloads any files you are missing for that
> port
> >> (although not dependencies).
> >> 
> >> >2] To do the install of XFree86-4 anyways, what I did was pkg_delete
> of
> >> XFree86-
> >> >3 in /var/db/pkg; rm -rf /usr/X11R6/*, then editing /etc/make.conf
> to
> >> reflect 
> >> >that the XFree version is now 4
> >> 
> >> Since 4.6 I believe the default X has been 4 making such a config
> >> redundant.  It might be worth running through /etc/defaults/make.conf
> >> and seeing if you need to change anything else.  If you're not using
> 4.6
> >> then don't worry about it.
> >> 
> >> Kevin
> >> -- 
> >> kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk
> >> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> -- 
> kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk
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