Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:38:09 -0800 From: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> To: John Merryweather Cooper <j.m.cooper@borgsdemons.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: kde4 rebuild - some guidance please Message-ID: <50ED56A1.70007@vizion2000.net> In-Reply-To: <50ECCBA1.10500@borgsdemons.com> References: <50E80D39.10403@vizion2000.net> <50ECCBA1.10500@borgsdemons.com>
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On 1/8/2013 5:45 PM, John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > On 01/05/13 05:23, David Southwell wrote: >> Hi >> I am having problems with my kde4 installation and feel the need to >> deinstall and start again. >> In view of the number of ports and dependencies can someone please let >> me know the cleanest way of doing this. It would probably be safer to >> assume an upwards and downwards recursive build. >> Thanks in advance >> david >> > > I just used: > > # pourtmaster --force-config x11/kde4 to rebuild my KDE4 from scratch. > > You can also pass the -f switch to rebuild in place, although I prefer > blowing away and starting fresh. > -- > John M. Cooper > Hi Thanks very much. I eventually solved the problems by the following a rather labourious sequence. with a significant number of manual interventions in the process of upgrading python ports. I now suspect the problems were primarily due to some conflicts in the python ports. Here is what worked: # portupgrade -f *py* # portupgrade -fr *kde* # portupgrade -fr *xorg* David -- David Southwell ARPS AFIAP Photographic Arts Trained & experienced competition judge, mentor, trainer, lecturer, Advanced digital techniques, international project photography
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