Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 14:50:17 -0400 From: Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Not able to install firefox 4 from 8.2 stable packages Message-ID: <BANLkTikm17VD_O15OK_1jVjYPwy2akB=-w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD8CC4A.1080207@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <BANLkTinCtmxjjVVx2=n7sp5-P05PBuCG%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> <4DD8CC4A.1080207@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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> =A0 # portsnap fetch update > =A0 # cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster > =A0 # make install > =A0 # portmaster --check-depends > =A0 # portmaster www/firefox Thanks!, that worked, though I had to do a 'rehash' after the 'make install= '. > There is work going on to change this situation -- search the list > archives for discussion of pkgNG and PC-PSD's .pci format if you're > interested. In the mean time, many people find that installing > everything from source via the ports is the least frustrating method, > albeit at the cost of spending more time running compilations. I started using the approach of installing everything from ports, but it takes a long time to build things like xorg and firefox. Even though I don't like PC-BSD using KDE, their PBI system seems to circumvent these problems. I will read up on pkgNG, too. Thanks!
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