Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:24:05 -0800 From: Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com> To: "Scott A. Moberly" <smoberly@karamazov.org> Cc: <marcus@marcuscom.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7p3 -- multiple issues Message-ID: <87F49C2F-3E0F-11D7-B2B3-0005025E566F@antsclimbtree.com> In-Reply-To: <19389.65.221.169.187.1045001981.squirrel@mail.karamazov.org>
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On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 02:19 PM, Scott A. Moberly wrote: >>> I'm beginning to suspect my XFree86 install is toast. My man pages >>> say 3.3.6. I think I had 3.3.6 installed from the original FreeBSD >>> 4.3 or something like that, and somehow didn't fully remove it. When >>> I do >>> >>> cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 >>> sudo make deinstall >>> >>> it says the port isn't installed. However, I don't have XFree86-4 >>> installed either, and my XFree86 man pages say 3.3.6, so clearly 3.3.6 >>> didn't get deinstalled and is still half-working. >>> >>> Is there a way to say, "deinstall the files that would be installed if >>> this port was installed?" >> >> Not that I know of. Perhaps portupgrade and friends have this >> capability. >> >>> Or, would it be best to install >>> /usr/ports/x11/XFree86, and then deinstall it? >> >> This would do it, but you might be able to get away with just >> installing >> XFree86-4 over top your existing X disaster. >> >> Joe >> >>> >>> I'm pretty sure if I can get 3.3.6 totally gone, and then install >>> /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4, I'm going to be set. Sorry to be bringing >>> such a fubar'd system to you! >>> >>> -- >>> Mark Edwards >>> Engineer >>> Mr. Toad's >>> San Francisco, CA >> -- >> PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > My two cents in here real quick, what does: > > pkg_info | fgrep XFree86 > > give? > pkg_info | fgrep XFree86 XFree86-libraries-4.2.1_6 XFree86-4 include/(shared) library kit imake-4.2.0_1 Imake and other utilities from XFree86 -- Mark Edwards Engineer Mr. Toad's San Francisco, CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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