From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Apr 11 16:57:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from Amelia.bsdprophet.org (cherry46.theshop.net [63.67.33.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 639B237B400 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Amelia.bsdprophet.org (localhost.bsdprophet.org [127.0.0.1]) by Amelia.bsdprophet.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3BNwVRY009362; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:58:31 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from scott@Amelia.bsdprophet.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by Amelia.bsdprophet.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g3BNwVsw009361; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:58:31 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:58:31 -0500 From: Scott Corey To: Dale Morris Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kde3 Message-ID: <20020411235831.GE7293@bsdprophet.org> Mail-Followup-To: Scott Corey , Dale Morris , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020411160626.A99757@well.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020411160626.A99757@well.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Why do that when you can just use pkg_add -v ftp.site_where_package_is.com/location/ and the package will be installed. Now with kde3, just remember that NO kde packages or QT packages be installed prior to installation of kde3. In other words, if you have kde2 or less installed now, remove it before installation of kde3. On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 04:06:26PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > I'm *learning* about ports and packages and such. I'm wondering if I > download all the KDE3 packages from the KDE/FreeBSD tree to a directory > can I install it with pkg_add? Are there any hidden problems I need to > know about? > > thanks > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Scott B. Corey /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign scott@bsdprophet.org \ / Respect for open standards irc.openprojects.net X No HTML/RTF in email scott@osef.org / \ No M$ Word docs in email To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message