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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:38:20 -0500
From:      mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>
To:        mess-mate <messmate@free.fr>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: loose packages
Message-ID:  <20020312113820.A37690@rochester.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020312155327.ABE2E5F803@postfix2-2.free.fr>; from messmate@free.fr on Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 04:47:28PM %2B0100
References:  <OE56dOgl4rhYQYx3G5a00000c55@hotmail.com> <20020312155327.ABE2E5F803@postfix2-2.free.fr>

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On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 04:47:28PM +0100, mess-mate wrote:
> On Sunday 10 March 2002 19:30, you wrote:
> | reinstall it from the ports.
> | cd /usr/ports/x11/kde2
> | make && make install
> |
> Sorry, this is not the solution.
> To do this there must be packages in /usr/ports/distfiles or 
> anywhere, isn't ?

The ports collection will download the packages itself unless
special circumstances exist (which is rare.)

> My pb is that I only have 4 cd's of FBSD 4.5.
> 1. binarys for the install (seems no packages dir)
> 2. fixit and other binarys (seems no packages dir)
> 3. other applications (what they are I don't know)
> 4. idem as 3.
> So the only way to reinstal KDE is to do it from my isntall CD, but 
> HOW ?
> A /stand/sysinstall can't do that I think. Tryed several times 
> without success.
> Seems ones you have installed FBSD and removed packages after the 
> install ther is no way to reinstall those packages (I mean from the 
> install cd's ) !
>  
> 
> mess-mate

According to:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.5R/errata.html

several KDE packages were left off the CDs. This issue
came up on this very list a few weeks ago. See the
archives.

mike
> 
> | this takes a long time, so do it overnight or something.
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "mess-mate" <messmate@free.fr>
> | To: "freebsd-questions-en" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> | Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 11:56 AM
> | Subject: loose packages
> |
> |
> | Hello,
> | I did a pkg_remove of a package and loosed several others, kde
> | included. (stupid)
> | How can I reinstall KDE from my CD's ? FBSD 4.5.
> | Did a /stand/sysinstall but didn't see anything related to kde :-(
> | Thanks
> |
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