Re: problem installing Firefox using pkg_add -r
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:25:42 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 30/01/2012 13:57, hvn wrote: >> Using v.FreeBSD 8.2, I'm trying to install Firefox 9 by pkg_add -r >> firefox. According to the docs, this should work. However, instead of >> v9 it tries to install v 3.6 which goes wrong because of dependency >> conflicts. Any idea on how to solve this or what goes wrong? > > What FTP URL are you connecting to in order to download the firefox > package? Firefox 9.0 postdates FreeBSD 8.2 release, so it won't be in > the packages-8.2-release collection: The FTP URL is ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.2- release/Latest/ So this effectively means I should upgrade or do a clean install. I did try to install PC-BSD 9 on an x64, but the BIOS somehow doesn't like the partitioning. This 8.2 runs on an old PIII with 500 MB RAM (xfce), so not really suitable for demanding stuff. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
problem installing Firefox using pkg_add -r
Hi, Using v.FreeBSD 8.2, I'm trying to install Firefox 9 by pkg_add -r firefox. According to the docs, this should work. However, instead of v9 it tries to install v 3.6 which goes wrong because of dependency conflicts. Any idea on how to solve this or what goes wrong? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: update packages by pkg_add
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:58:04 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:53:28 +0200, Huub van Niekerk wrote: >> Thank you for your answer. But how about if the package-to-be-replaced >> is a dependency? Just remember the dependency and do the same ? > > As you're going to reinstall the package immediately, there won't be a > problem. Of course, a depending program won't properly run until you've > actually replaced the package in question. > > For keeping track of dependencies, you can also use portmaster or > portupgrade and use -P and -PP options to work with packages (like > pkg_add does) instead of compiling from sources. The "pkgdb -aF" command > will properly store dependency informations. Sorry for the delay in responding, but I've been trying out several options. First, I've been reading the manual(s) and thought that "portupgrade -P " might work. Alas, it ends with the message that several dependencies needed to be upgraded first. Then I tried "portupgrade -R " which basically ended the same way. Finally I tried "portmanager " that ends the same way too. Doing all this consumed a lot of time since it's an older machine: PIII 500MHz 500MB. If somebody has a suggestion, I'd be glad to try it. For now, I'm rather clueless on what to do. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
update packages by pkg_add
Hi, Using version 8.2, can somebody tell me how I can upgrade packages that I installed using pkg_add? I'm trying to install more packages but get messages that there are package-conflicts because of older installed version. Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
