Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:16:21 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> Cc: 'Ernst de Haan' <ernst@jollem.com>, 'FreeBSD Questions mailing list' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading KDE using ports? Message-ID: <3BAB83F5.C4836F9E@urx.com> References: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0BD@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ernst de Haan > > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 6:45 AM > > To: FreeBSD Questions mailing list > > Subject: Upgrading KDE using ports? > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > If I want to upgrade my KDE to the latest (2.2 is currently > > in ports), while > > already using 2.1.2, how do I proceed? Should I deinstall all > > KDE packages and > > then install the x11/kde2 port again, after removing the work dir? > > ASFAIK, that is the correct way to do it. However, there is portupgrade (in > ports/sysutils I think) that will upgrade your ports without much manual > intervention. I have used portupgrade very little however it has worked for > me so far. If you choose to use it for KDE, I'd like to know how it works > out for you. There is more to it than that. You have to look at the b-deps and r-deps. Almost everything in there depends on new version. For example, the current png is version 1.2.0 and is seems like everything depends on it. Kent > > Drew > > > Regards, > > > > /Ernst > > > > -- > > Ernst de Haan > > Euronet Internet B.V. > > > > "Come to me all who are weary and burdened > > and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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