From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 30 20:44:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 480B516A4DA for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:44:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51B7143D5E for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:44:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k7UKichi015382 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:44:39 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.40] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k7UKic3h003343 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:44:38 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <87y7t6kly7.fsf@photon.homelinux.org> References: <87y7t6kly7.fsf@photon.homelinux.org> X-Gpgmail-State: !signed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5963FD62-DB7C-4109-BE87-54780FB7D0EF@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:49:15 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.8.30.130443 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: Upgrade ghostscript? How? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:44:45 -0000 On Aug 30, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: > Hi, I wanna upgrade ghostscript to ghostscript-gpl-8.15 from > ghostscript-gnu-7.07. I've installed the gpl version via port. But > when I tried to pkg_delete the gnu version, it said > > pkg_delete: package 'ghostscript-gnu-7.07_15' is required by these > other packages > and may not be deinstalled: > ImageMagick-6.2.8.5 > auctex-11.83 > cm-super-0.3.3 > dvipdfmx-20050831_2 > dvipsk-tetex-5.95a_1 > freetype-tools-1.3.1_3 > ghostscript-gnu-commfont-7.07_3 > gv-3.6.1 > hplip-0.9.11 > html2ps-letter-1.0.b4_1,1 > teTeX-3.0_1 > teTeX-base-3.0_9 > transfig-3.2.4_1 > xdvik-tetex-22.84.10 > zh-CJK-4.6.0_1 > zh-moefonts-cid-1.0_3 > > I'll probably also delete ghostscript-gnu-commfont-7.07_3 and > zh-moefonts-cid-1.0_3. But is there anything more I should consider > harmful to my system when I switch ghostscript gnu to gpl? Or simply > pkg_delete by --force is enough? > > Thank you, > Xiao-Yong Try pkg_delete -f {name of all ghostscript files here}. Then install the newest port version and be sure to run pkgdb -F afterwards so you can fix the package database, such that it references the right ghostscript. -Garrett