Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:58:57 -0600 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile) Message-ID: <43FD3301.6030105@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <1140659905.1984.20.camel@neuromancer.home.net> References: <1140659905.1984.20.camel@neuromancer.home.net>
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Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Hi, > > I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read "Absolute BSD" and still > I can't understand FreeBSD Ports/Packages esp when it comes to upgrading > via packages. I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a > rough diamond. > > Problem statement. > FreeBSD-Release-6 > Install from minimal cd (and packages added via FTP) > i've done cvsup (cvsup -L2 -h > cvsup.tw.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/ports-supfile) > > pkg_version -v states that I have a few packages which can be upgraded. > eg: > xterm-203 < needs updating (port has 206_1) > > $pkg_add -vr xterm > pkg_add: unable to fetch > 'ftp://ftp.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/xterm.tbz' by URL > > $pkg_add -vr x11/xterm > pkg_add: unable to fetch > ftp://ftp.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/x11/xterm.tbz' by URL > > ftp into it, it's listed via with it's suffix. (google found that "for > some odd reason, pkg_add doesn't add the suffix") > > $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 > > So.. That can't be done. What can I do to upgrade my packages? > > I've even tried sysinstall but that only lists xterm-203 as the package > to install. (I suspect this is because its packagesite is > packages-6-release) > > $export | grep -i pack > declare -x > PACKAGESITE="ftp://ftp.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/" > > 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. HTH > > > Thanks > -- Regards, Eric
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