On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 08:15 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 February 2006 21:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:36 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > > > what about the dependency then? Ignore it? What
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 21:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:36 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > > what about the dependency then? Ignore it? What if there are
> > > "files" needed by xorg-clients? eg: libXX.so.Y a
Eric Schuele writes:
> > The only thing (again) unnerving is this statement.
> >
> > [snip]
> > pkg_delete: package 'gettext-0.14.5' is required by these other packages
> > and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway): <--- *anyway*??
> > bash-3.1.10
> > [/snip]
>
> Don't wo
Ow Mun Heng wrote:
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:58 -0600, Eric Schuele wrote:
Ow Mun Heng wrote:
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 ins
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:02 -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
> Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a
> >rough diamond.
> >
> >
>
> "rough diamond" ... I like that idea. :D
haha..
> As mentioned by one other poster, "-f" will force the deinstall.
>
Not an op
e environment in 35 minutes by running a single
script.
I hope this helps you.
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Subject: RE: Newbie Alert : pkg_add
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:58 -0600, Eric Schuele wrote:
> Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > 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
> > c
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:36 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > what about the dependency then? Ignore it? What if there are "files"
> > needed by xorg-clients? eg: libXX.so.Y and which is not present in
> > the new xterm?
> >
> Since you w
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
Inst
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:02 -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
> Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a
> >rough diamond.
> >
> >
>
> "rough diamond" ... I like that idea. :D
haha..
> As mentioned by one other poster, "-f" will force the deinstall.
>
Not an op
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 20:32 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:58, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read "Absolute BSD"
> > > and still
> > >
> > > $pkg_add
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:37 -0500, fbsd_user wrote:
> do pkg_info
> look in the output for xterm. it will contain its complete name
> if its name in the list output is xterm-203 then
I did that.
> pkg_delete xterm-203 this will remove it
It says dependencies on xorg-clients.
Another poster s
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.
"rough diamond" ... I like that ide
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 20:32 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:58, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read "Absolute BSD" and
> > still
> > $pkg_add -vr x11/xterm-206_1
> > pkg_add: package 'xterm-206_1' or its older versi
do pkg_info
look in the output for xterm. it will contain its complete name
if its name in the list output is xterm-203 then
pkg_delete xterm-203 this will remove it
then pkg_add -rv xterm should fetch the package from the ports
collection and install it.
There is a better explanation of the
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:58, 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 diamo
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