From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 03:09:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AE4416A420 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:09:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com (wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com [129.253.170.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB20C43D48 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:09:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([129.253.108.208]) by wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:09:38 -0800 Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1N399SM006355 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:09:09 +0800 From: Ow Mun Heng To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:09:09 +0800 Message-Id: <1140664149.4762.13.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2006 03:09:39.0211 (UTC) FILETIME=[9557CDB0:01C63826] Subject: RE: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:09:43 -0000 On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:37 -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > do pkg_info > look in the output for xterm. it will contain its complete name > if its name in the list output is xterm-203 then I did that. > pkg_delete xterm-203 this will remove it It says dependencies on xorg-clients. Another poster said to use "-f (force)" but I don't like that. This usually means there are underlying deps which can cause errors. eg: changed libraries libXXX.so.Y > then pkg_add -rv xterm should fetch the package from the ports > collection and install it. > > There is a better explanation of the ports collection in the install > guide at > www.a1poweruser.com I read that already. That's how I knew to use the _exact_name with the version suffix. And besides, it only mentions how to add a new package and not upgrade an existing package. The problem with the deps is just un-nerving. I just want to update to the latest *binary* package and not do a source compile. These are just small packages, what happens when I want to upgrade to the latest gnome version? I rather get packages than compile. Thanks -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 10:59:16 up 1 day, 12:34, 4 users, load average: 1.33, 1.62, 1.54