Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:15:18 -0800 From: "Marc Fromm" <Marc.Fromm@wwu.edu> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: installing programs Message-ID: <8910AF8FB6C6E84796358D71090AF7CF087E5C9E@EVS1.univ.dir.wwu.edu>
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I am new to the linux-type OS environment. For about a week now I have tried to do a task which I first thought would be simple-install a program like firefox. =20 I did "sudo pkg_add -r firefox" as explained in chapter 4 of the handbook and received the message: pkg_add: package 'firefox-1.5.0.8,1' or its older version already installed =20 I then tried to uninstall firefox like this: sudo pkg_delete -d -f firefox-1.5.0.8,1 It appeard to uninstall. =20 I next did "sudo pkg_add -r firefox" again and it did this: > Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest /firefox.tbz...=20 > Done. > =3D=3D=3D> Building Chrome's registry... >=20 > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > SMB issues: > Network group, machine, and share browsing does not work correctly. >=20 > SFTP: > Only sftp access using public key authentication works. To easily=20 > setup public key authentication to "remote_host": >=20 > ssh-keygen -t dsa > cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh remote_host "cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys" >=20 > The SSH sever on remote_host must allow pub key authentication. =20 Firefox now does not work at all and if I rerun the pkg_add command it states firefox-1.5.0.8 is still installed. Isn't the latest 2.0.0.9? =20 I tried to instructions at firefox and they did not work: http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Linux =20 =20 =20 =20 Marc Fromm Information Technology Specialist II Financial Aid Department Western Washington University Phone: 360-650-3351 Fax: 360-788-0251 =20
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