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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:02:53 -0800
From:      Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        Shawn Halloran <SPHalloran2@hotmail.com>, freebsd-newbie <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: First port installation failed
Message-ID:  <20020221180313.144B837B402@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <OE71C2T9QrEI4VrGeae00017ba5@hotmail.com>
References:  <OE71C2T9QrEI4VrGeae00017ba5@hotmail.com>

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On Wednesday 20 February 2002 11:48 pm, Shawn Halloran wrote:
> I was trying to install the instant-workstation-1.0 port as a test.
> During the
> installation I recieved a few errors.
>
> acroread - not found
> ghostscript - not found
>
> checksum mismatch for gdevdj9.c.gz
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/print/ghostscript-gnu.
> *** error code 1
>
> I tried to remake/install the port, but the the download is not updated.
> I tried to make deinstall, but the message says not installed.

The instant-workstation port is a "meta" port. That means it doesn't install 
anything for itself, but only lists dependencies. When you try to deinstall 
the port, there's nothing to deinstall. But the dependencies will still be 
there.

If you look at the Makefile in instant-workstation, you'll see a list of 
runtime dependencies. These are what get installed when you install this 
meta-port. If you need to deinstall these, then you will need to do them by 
hand (one drawback to meta-ports).

I don't know why acroread didn't get installed. You may try installing it all 
by itself and see what error messages you get (the actual port name is 
acroread4). But I suspect that ghostscript failed because of the checksum 
mismatch. The ghostscript-gnu port has been updated on a very frequent basis 
recently, and I suspect that you happen to have an out-of-sync port. The 
Handbook lists a variety of ways to update your ports collection.

David

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