From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 18:06:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE38A16A417 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:06:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from icantthinkofone@charter.net) Received: from mtai05.charter.net (mtai05.charter.net [209.225.8.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E5A13C4B9 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:06:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from icantthinkofone@charter.net) Received: from aa04.charter.net ([10.20.200.156]) by mtai05.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20071107180614.RNGH7894.mtai05.charter.net@aa04.charter.net> for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:06:14 -0500 Received: from robs-laptop.com ([71.85.241.27]) by aa04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20071107180614.RYUZ1254.aa04.charter.net@robs-laptop.com> for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:06:14 -0500 Message-ID: <4731FE96.4050804@charter.net> Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:06:14 -0600 From: icantthinkofone User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070914) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8910AF8FB6C6E84796358D71090AF7CF087E5C9E@EVS1.univ.dir.wwu.edu> In-Reply-To: <8910AF8FB6C6E84796358D71090AF7CF087E5C9E@EVS1.univ.dir.wwu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chzlrs: 0 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: installing programs 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, 07 Nov 2007 18:06:25 -0000 Marc Fromm wrote: > 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. > > > > 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 > > > > I then tried to uninstall firefox like this: > > sudo pkg_delete -d -f firefox-1.5.0.8,1 > > It appeard to uninstall. > > > > 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... > > >> Done. >> > > >> ===> Building Chrome's registry... >> > > > > >> ====================================================================== >> > > > > >> SMB issues: >> > > >> Network group, machine, and share browsing does not work correctly. >> > > > > >> SFTP: >> > > >> Only sftp access using public key authentication works. To easily >> > > >> setup public key authentication to "remote_host": >> > > > > >> ssh-keygen -t dsa >> > > >> cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh remote_host "cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys" >> > > > > >> The SSH sever on remote_host must allow pub key authentication. >> > > > > 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? > > > > I tried to instructions at firefox and they did not work: > > http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Linux > > > > > > > > > > Marc Fromm > Information Technology Specialist II > Financial Aid Department > Western Washington University > Phone: 360-650-3351 > Fax: 360-788-0251 > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > FreeBSD is not a Linux type environment at all. It is a Unix type from which it was derived. I don't recall if you have to "rehash" after uninstalling or not. Did you?