Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:39:14 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnome/pkg install problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081438360.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911082201510.10565-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Somewhere during 'make install' for gnome, it hung during 'registering pkg > info'. Well, i waited and > waited, nothing happened. So i hit ctrl-C. Well, gnome won't work (big > surprise). I tried to reinstall, it said i have to deinstall first. When > i try this, it says /var/db/pkg has no +CONTENTS. Sure enough, everyh > other pkg has CONTENTS, except this last one, gnome. I tried looking in > the pkg directory in the ports tree, but apparently CONTENTS is built > during the install. How can i uninstall enough to reinstall, or force the > reinstall? Also, to start gnome, i include 'panel &' in my .xinitrc, > correct? make -DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER maybe: make reinstall -DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER ? -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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