From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 30 19:59:16 2010 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 73B32106568B for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:59:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp106.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp106.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E9738FC08 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:59:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 94891 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2010 19:59:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=obtMifvOLsrvGzauWtgfcKantkJHS7etp6zcZvszneYSJB+gISjzejsWizhH7b2iD0y4+jgiAAr9u+0t/s1GpUoO+pAGa4Fxns4sE2mVuEwNxrQT7h767/LfT9DxxNWT+wxEGjgIuuvVsptBV758C8+O00SKPlupiDK0p1i9EuA= ; Received: from c-67-189-160-65.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.160.65 with login) by smtp106.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Jan 2010 11:59:15 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: kWfuqYsVM1lAglSkYSG9RcoXYp1EBCwLx7KXDQpCU6VY_cmTsJy.QOjW77jbXZnafeY9BTNeDpEgvnXuAsp_J.7BhpX2BlEjj93LGVRZ.Jty70RVU2l4Ti780lsMqxtjRpjzGqw5_ETDGKLVBxqcKw0acw0o3LfGs4cA6BiTvSNMsiMbeSE1HYMzRYq_WNNdCtTvJNUzUO_.P4VmFgHL21eHvllP6Bs3i76u7ePkKVrOdMSAkvUt09c_cmJKwMsYySEBuMmuygObmbr7jmscShFtp5lTQ_LBS2XzEf0e5bbuVZvea.0eV.W_jSw9pobUfTxDXVhP0ZC1mRxiUeierg-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8886C22855 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:59:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:59:14 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.4 (GTK+ 2.18.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Pain finding packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:59:16 -0000 On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:48:23 -0800 (PST) Joe Springer 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