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 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: ftp pwd Remote directory: /pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8.2-release/Latest ftp ls firefox.tbz 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||51545|) 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'. lrwxr-xr-x 1 1006 1006 27 Jan 20 2011 firefox.tbz - ../All/firefox-3.6.13,1.tbz 226 Transfer complete. However, if you use the packages-8-stable collection, you should get firefox-9: ftp pwd Remote directory: /pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8-stable/Latest ftp ls firefox.tbz 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||63627|) 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'. lrwxr-xr-x 1 1006 1006 26 Jan 17 21:28 firefox.tbz - ../All/firefox-9.0.1,1.tbz 226 Transfer complete. Packages compiled for FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE should work perfectly well on 8.2-RELEASE-pX with the possible exception of a few things like lsof that go poking directly into kernel memory structures. Read about the PACKAGESITE environment variable in pkg_add(1) Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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: problem installing Firefox using pkg_add -r
On 30/01/2012 14:43, hvn wrote: 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. Well, if you want to go through all the palaver of upgrading the OS, then it is up to you. However, if prefer not to spend all that time, and just update your installed pkgs, you could do this: setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/All (csh-like shells) or export PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/All (sh-like shells) Now, you will have to update the packages that firefox depends on. That's a pretty tedious chore if done manually. The sort of boring, repetitive task that computers excel at, given appropriate programming. Which in this case (IMHO) means portmaster(8). Once you've set PACKAGESITE as above, install portmaster: # pkg_add -r portmaster-3.11.tbz # rehash(if using csh style shell) Then use portmaster to update dependencies as necessary and install the firefox-9 port -- obviously, make sure you have good backups before doing this, even though portmaster does create a backup package of everything it updates. # portmaster -PP -w www/firefox '-PP' says to only use pre-compiled packages. '-w' says to keep a copy of any updated shared libraries on-line, a helpful anti-foot-shooting move. Actually, if the update starts replacing low-level stuff which a great number of packages depend on, you might find it more productive to just upgrade everything (portmaster -PP -a). You will be getting about 11 months worth of updates all in one go in that case, which is going to affect lots of what you have installed. If in doubt, please feel free to ask again here. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
