From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 19:16:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4141516A4CF for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:16:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from web25003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (web25003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.10.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8282443D2D for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:16:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk) Message-ID: <20040324031649.71936.qmail@web25003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Received: from [147.60.1.194] by web25003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 03:16:49 GMT Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 03:16:49 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Tadimeti=20Keshav?= To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: ports installation (long) X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 03:16:51 -0000 all, thanks for the suggestions. 1. CVSUP: I tried CVSup = it updated my ports skeletons, but while compiling XMMS 1.2.10, it needed a newer version of libogg, which could not be installed because mplayer-esound and artsd were using an older version of libogg. (mplayer had installed by then). I thought of doing a portupgrade to libogg, but this would have broken artsd and mplayer-esound. Is this a bug with the latest ports tree? 2. MAKE FETCH-RECURSIVE: Then I deleted the entire ports tree and installed it fresh from CD-ROM; then cd to /usr/ports/multimedia/xmms, then make fetch-recursive. This went on for an hour. It tried to fetch xc... and fetched libxml2. I killed this and did a simple make, which downloaded the correct libxml and 40 mins later, xmms was built. 3. Mplayer: mplayer built fine (except for a glitch which would download all skins regardless of the options chosen). But when I do: gmplayer &, I get a black patch in the bottom right corner of the screen, which should be the GUI. 3 hours later, I felt I may have been better off with Mandrake Linux, with Xine,Mplayer,xmms and other goodies installed within 1 hr. For now I am sticking with FreeBSD, but I'll soon install dual boot Mandrake Linux 9.1 for a usable computer. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html