Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:22:52 -0600 From: "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> To: "Jonathan Horne" <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To install xorg meta port in preparation for xorg upgrade Message-ID: <340a29540706210822w37713e1dicc4e5544b54ac99c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200706211006.04783.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <340a29540706210732k40db5365if0fe8fc25d7d5c3f@mail.gmail.com> <200706211006.04783.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On 6/21/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > On Thursday 21 June 2007 09:32:31 Andrew Falanga wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How can one install the xorg meta port for version 6.9 before > > beginning the upgrade to 7.2? I have already updated my ports tree, > > and I don't think I do one of these numbers any longer: > > > > cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install clean > > > > I then thought about downloading the 6.9 xorg package, but all I found > > on the freebsd ftp servers was a package for 7.2. I see in the > > UPDATING file for ports that if one doesn't have the meta port > > installed, they will missout on several sub ports for xorg 7.2. > > > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > i think the easiest way will be to set the variable PACKAGESITE to > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/All/ > > (or that of your other favorite mirror) > > for bash-like shells, > export > PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/All/ > > or csh-like shells, > setenv PACKAGESITE > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/All/ > > then 'pkg_add -r xorg' and it should grab it. if not, try naming it by full > package name, 'pkg_add -r xorg-6.9.0'. > > good luck, Thanks for the instructions. This would have been easier than the method I was working to use. I managed to find xorg-6.9.0 under the directory you mention above ".../ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/..." and downloaded it. But, when I did the package add, it wouldn't go for me because the package dri was missing. Well, I probably overlooked it somehow, but I couldn't find the "dri" package on the ftp server. Thankfully, a thought dawned on me that perhaps these packages would exist in the cd's I burned of 6.2-RELEASE. I was able to find both packages on that CD (disk 1) and although there was a slight warning when I did the pkg_add for the dri package (some other package it requires was of a higher version than it was looking for), all installed ok and I'm now working through the install to xorg 7.2. Thanks again, Andy
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