Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:02:43 +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: <1140667363.4762.34.camel@neuromancer.home.net> In-Reply-To: <43FD3301.6030105@computer.org> References: <1140659905.1984.20.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <43FD3301.6030105@computer.org>
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On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:58 -0600, Eric Schuele wrote: > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > In gentoo, it's a simple "emerge xterm" and all will be done > > automatically. (Granted, this is compile from source and not from binary > > packages, which I know can do "cd /usr/ports/x11/xterm && make install > > clean", but since FreeBSD has binary packages, I rather use that) > > Try 'man portupgrade'. Look at "-P" or "-PP" switch. might be what you > need. I would imagine you'd have the best results if you pulled the > package down manually then ran portupgrade with appropriate switches. I followed the advice of Kevin Kinsey and tried it out. It's working. Just like Gentoo's Emerge (emerge -Kav xterm) The only thing (again) unnerving is this statement. [snip] pkg_delete: package 'gettext-0.14.5' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway): <--- *anyway*?? bash-3.1.10 [/snip] -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 12:00:42 up 1 day, 13:35, 5 users, load average: 1.61, 1.18, 0.91
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