Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:59:14 -0500 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pain finding packages Message-ID: <20100130145914.4d216da0@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <881950.49266.qm@web31101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <881950.49266.qm@web31101.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:48:23 -0800 (PST) Joe Springer <joespr@yahoo.com> articulated: > Hi. > > I am very new to FreeBSD with several years of Linux experience. > After installed FreeSDB for the first time, I wanted to install some > packages. For example, samba. > > I found that > > pkg_add -r samba > > fails. I need to know specifically the samba version to install it. > > To install, I needed do this: > pkg_add -r samba3 > > This is difficult. Do I need to look up every package in advance on > your website to understand what version I need to install? > > Isn't there a way to specify "Install the latest version of some > package that is appropriate to the version of my installed FreeBSD"? You didn't specify exactly what you wanted installed. Just specifying 'samba' is useless. There are several versions of samba, as well as ports that begin with samba. For example: Port: ja-samba-3.0.35,1 Path: /usr/ports/japanese/samba3 Info: Japanese Samba Port: gnosamba-0.3.3_5 Path: /usr/ports/net/gnosamba Info: Samba configuration tool for X Window System Port: gsambad-0.1.9_3 Path: /usr/ports/net/gsambad Info: Gtk2 Frontend for samba daemon Port: p5-Samba-LDAP-0.05_1 Path: /usr/ports/net/p5-Samba-LDAP Info: Manage a Samba PDC with an LDAP Backend Port: py26-samba-3.0.37 Path: /usr/ports/net/py-samba Info: Python bindings for Samba Port: samba-libsmbclient-3.0.37 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba-libsmbclient Info: Shared libs from the samba package Port: samba-nmblookup-3.0.37 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba-nmblookup Info: NetBIOS Name lookup tool Port: samba-pdbsql-0.3.1_1 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba-pdbsql Info: Multiplexor, MySQL and PostgeSQL passdb backends for Samba3 Port: samba-smbclient-3.0.37 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba-smbclient Info: Samba "ftp-like" client Port: samba-3.0.37,1 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba3 Info: A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX Port: samba-3.2.15 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba32 Info: A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX Port: samba-3.3.9 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba33 Info: A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX Port: samba4-devel-4.0.0.a8_2 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba4-devel Info: A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX Port: samba4wins-1.0.7_1 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba4wins Info: A full featured replicating WINS server for UNIX Port: sambasentinel-0.1_5 Path: /usr/ports/net/sambasentinel Info: SambaSentinel is a gtk-frontend to smbstatus with additional features Port: cups-samba-6.0_2 Path: /usr/ports/print/cups-samba Info: The Common UNIX Printing System: MS Windows client drivers Port: samba-vscan-0.3.6c_2 Path: /usr/ports/security/samba-vscan Info: On-access virus scanning with Samba Port: japanese/samba20 Moved: japanese/samba Date: 2003-04-13 Reason: security vulnerability Port: net/samba-tng Moved: Date: 2003-08-07 Reason: port was marked broken for 3 months with no fix submitted Port: net/samba-devel Moved: net/samba3 Date: 2004-06-07 Reason: considered stable Port: net/samba Moved: net/samba3 Date: 2006-09-02 Reason: Security vulnerabilities Port: japanese/samba Moved: japanese/samba3 Date: 2008-07-21 Reason: Superseded by japanese/samba3 Port: net/samba32-devel Moved: net/samba32 Date: 2009-02-16 Reason: Samba 3.2 became stable enough to be used in production. Did you read man pkg_add(1) thoroughly before using the utility? -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult. R. S. Barton
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