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: 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
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 package might work. Alas, it ends with the message that several dependencies needed to be upgraded first. Then I tried portupgrade -R package which basically ended the same way. Finally I tried portmanager package 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
