On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:05:07 +0100 Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Emon wrote: > > But now some of the packages were complaining that an older > > version is installed & I had no idea how to upgrade these > > packages. > > > > So in my blind rage I did "pkg_add -vf" on all packages > > including mc. > > > > Now mc works but I cannot uninstall it or any of the packages. I > > will show you an example. > > > > > > # pkg_add mc-4.6.0_13.tgz > > pkg_add: package 'mc-4.6.0_13' or its older version already > > installed > > # pkg_delete mc-4.6.0_13.tgz > > pkg_delete: no such package 'mc-4.6.0_13.tgz' installed > > # > > > > Now how on earth is that possible?? First it says "older version > > already installed" & than it says "no such package > > 'mc-4.6.0_13.tgz' installed". > > Yeah, maybe it is not completely clear. When you use pkg_add you > give it a tgz file containing the package. When you want to delete > it, you must give the package name, usually the same but without the > tgz extension. > > Some tricks: It is often helpfull to search for what version of a > package is installed when you get that kind of error: > > # pkg_info -x mc > > the -x is regular expresion, so all packages containing mc will > match, in this case mc-4 is probably better. You can also use > pkg_delete with -x option, but be carefull! > > When using packages, make sure you download packages for the same > release, this way you should not get such errors as "older version > installed". A tool you may find handy is portupgrade. It will take care of a nice amount of stuff automatically. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
