Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Bahman M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Bahman M. wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/p

Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 18:32:15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the > various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for > kde was not available. > > If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-s

Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Bahman M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1) /pub/FreeBSD/

pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread doug
Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1) /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-re

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread V.I.Victor
>-Original Message- >From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 03:02 PM > >On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 01:43:10PM +, V.I.Victor wrote: >> >> Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from >> 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? > >Absolutely not. > >> Spe

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 01:43:10PM +, V.I.Victor wrote: > > Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from > 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Absolutely not. > Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What's wrong with using packages-5-stable? :-) > What I've read *seems* to i

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Matthew Seaman
V.I.Victor wrote: > Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from > 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? > > Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' > > What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Not a good idea. 6.x packages are going to want libc.so.6 and other 6.x shlibs,

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Stefan Bethke
Am 09.08.2006 um 16:02 schrieb V.I.Victor: This is a small machine that is only used as an email "front-end." When I built it I didn't install 'ports' -- sorry, I should have mentioned that in the original post. Install portsnap from your 5.4 CD, then use it to download the current vers

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Stefan Bethke
Am 09.08.2006 um 15:43 schrieb V.I.Victor: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? No. You might get away with putting a 6-stable package on a 6.1 system, but only if you're lucky. Packages compiled for newer releases will never* work on older re

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread V.I.Victor
>V.I.Victor wrote: >> Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from >> 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? >> >> Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' >> >> What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... >> >> >Well I guess it works, but why not just cvsup your ports ( or use

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Frank Staals
V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mai

pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread V.I.Victor
Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://li

Re: pkg_add question

2006-01-08 Thread László Nagy
Andrew P. wrote: On 1/5/06, László Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello All, I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary distribution, using pkg_add -r I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run startxfce4 then I get the following message: /libe

Re: pkg_add question

2006-01-07 Thread Andrew P.
On 1/5/06, László Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary > distribution, using > > pkg_add -r > > I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run > > startxfce4 > > then I get the following message: > > /lib

Re: pkg_add question

2006-01-07 Thread Gerard Seibert
László Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello All, > > I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary > distribution, using > > pkg_add -r > > I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run > > startxfce4 > > then I get the following message: > > /libexec/ld-e

pkg_add question

2006-01-07 Thread László Nagy
Hello All, I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary distribution, using pkg_add -r I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run startxfce4 then I get the following message: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libobject-2.0.so.0" not found, requir

pkg_add question

2004-05-19 Thread Hamilton
Hi, I would like to install gnuls-4.0_1.tgz into my system. When I install by using the command "#pkg_add gnuls-4.0_1.tgz", the system echos "Bus error (core dumped)". What does the message mean? How do I install the gnuls package? thanks very much. __