Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:07:13 -0500 From: Aperez <alfredoj69@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox Message-ID: <42000BA1.9000702@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42000280.3070608@nbritton.org> References: <f40f0e505020112372ec229d6@mail.gmail.com> <41FFF49B.4000606@nbritton.org> <41FFFEB7.7080307@cis.strath.ac.uk> <42000280.3070608@nbritton.org>
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Nikolas Britton wrote: > Chris Hodgins wrote: > >> Nikolas Britton wrote: >> >>> Alfredo Perez wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I just updated my ports and installed Firefox. I have installed >>>> Firefox version 0.9.3. How can I update it to version 1.0? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> PS: I am running FreeBSD 5.3 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Your post is a bit ambiguous. did you have 0.9.3 on your system and >>> wanted to upgrade to 1.0 or did you update your ports but it >>> installed 0.9.3? >>> >>> What I would do: >>> >>> my ports-sup file: >>> >>> #*default host=cvsup14.us.FreeBSD.org >>> *default host=cvsup12.us.FreeBSD.org >>> #*default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org >>> #*default host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org >>> *default base=/var/db >>> *default prefix=/usr >>> *default release=cvs tag=. >>> *default delete use-rel-suffix >>> *default compress >>> ports-all >>> >>> ----------------------------- >>> > su >>> # cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile >>> (normally i'd just run pkg_version -v |grep "<" and if needed >>> portupgrade after cvsuping, if I was upgrading something like Gnome >>> or KDE i'd exit X) >>> # cd /usr/ports/www/firefox >>> # make deinstall >>> # more M* >>> # make WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS=yes install clean >>> # exit >>> > rehash >>> > firefox& >>> > exit >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> Could his problem be that he has simply not fetched the index? >> >> I normally do: >> >> # cvsup -g -L2 /usr/ports-supfile >> .. >> .. >> # cd /usr/ports >> # make fetchindex >> # portsdb -u >> >> and then I would try reinstalling it using the method above. >> >> > I don't think that would keep him from installing the newer version > after he cvsuped, system might complain or manually rebuild the index > but thats it. After the portupgrade problem with index and how long it > takes to rebuild the index I now do this now too. also I run pkgdb -F > or pkgdb -Fu and portsclean -C before running portupgrade -arRwW and > after I run portupgrade I run portsclean -CDD and then clean out the > old libs, that is...if portupgrade had no errors. He emailed me and > said he was installing it for the first time, I think he just didn't > do the cvsup part correctly. > > Okey, I just updated my ports following your instructions. I saw in the Makefile file that the port version is equal to 1.0 ( before was equal to 0.9). Now, what should I do next:: Desinstall Firefox and install it again and then I run pkgdb or First run pkgbd and then install Firefox
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