Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:59:11 +0800 From: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile) Message-ID: <1140663551.4762.5.camel@neuromancer.home.net> In-Reply-To: <200602222032.45039.donaldjoneill@gmail.com> References: <1140659905.1984.20.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <200602222032.45039.donaldjoneill@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 20:32 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:58, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read "Absolute BSD" and > > still > > $pkg_add -vr x11/xterm-206_1 > > pkg_add: package 'xterm-206_1' or its older version already installed > > > > So.. How do I install it? > > > > $pkg_delete xterm-203 > > pkg_delete: package 'xterm-203' is required by these other packages > > xorg-clients-6.8.2 > > > pkg_delete -f xterm-203 > cd /usr/ports/x11/xterm > make install what about the dependency then? Ignore it? What if there are "files" needed by xorg-clients? eg: libXX.so.Y and which is not present in the new xterm? > What you are trying to do is update using downloaded packages and that > is going to work for you. You need to upgrade those packages using the > ports system. IS or is not? Again, I don't want to compile it. I want the binary package. It's available on the mirrors. > > You really need to look at the Handbook. That's why it was written. I did. As stated in the initial portion of the email. I'm not only reading the handbook, I'm reading a newly bought book in addition to also reading stuffs on the internet. I'm proficient with the CLI, and being a long time Linux person, I'm sad to say that FreeBSD ports/packages is really confusing to me. > Available packages are not as up to date as the ports system is. Again, the package _is_ available and I've verified it. Thanks > > Don -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 10:51:05 up 1 day, 12:26, 4 users, load average: 3.32, 2.11, 1.51
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