From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 14:23:23 2008 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> 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 E9BB21065682 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:23:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.78.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4638FC1E for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:23:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id E915828461; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:23:22 -0400 (EDT) To: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> References: <200807030008656.SM01616@TX2.Go2France.com> From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:23:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200807030008656.SM01616@TX2.Go2France.com> (Len Conrad's message of "Wed\, 02 Jul 2008 17\:14\:25 -0500") Message-ID: <444p7759np.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wordpress package install failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:23:24 -0000 Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> writes: > When I try to install wordpress: > > pkg_add > ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/wordpress-2.5.1,1.tbz > > Fetching > ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/wordpress-2.5.1,1.tbz... Done. > > Fetching > ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/mysql-client-5.0.51a.tbz... Done. > > pkg_add: package 'mysql-client-5.0.51a' conflicts with mysql-client-5.1.22 > > pkg_add: please use pkg_delete first to remove conflicting package(s) > or -f to force installation > > pkg_add: pkg_add of dependency 'mysql-client-5.0.51a' failed! > > Fetching > ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/php5-mysql-5.2.6.tbz... Done. > > pkg_add: could not find package mysql-client-5.0.51a ! > > pkg_add: pkg_add of dependency 'php5-mysql-5.2.6' failed! > > Of course, downgrading mysql-client-5.0.51a won't work because you > have to downgrade the server, and then who knows where that ball of > string will lead. > > I'd really like the follow the advice of using the packages, but the > above happens frequently. > > Suggestions about how to fix the above? Looks like the package is just out of date. Try building from the port, or wait for the package set to get rebuilt (and hope nothign else changes first). -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/