Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 03:02:59 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading program Message-ID: <31336.938048579@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 20:46:02 -0400." <19990922204602.A555@rknebel.uplink.net>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 20:46:02 -0400, Rick Knebel wrote: > If you have a program say kde and you see a newer port available, can you > just install it over the older version or do you have to uninstall the older > version first. For many programs, you can get away with installing over the older version. Sometimes, though, you can get bitten pretty badly by stale files. /etc/make.conf provides a knob that allows you to force package registration, even when older versions of the same package exist. I must admit though, that since you're quite new to the system, it's probably worth your while using pkg_delete to remove existing stuff before you install newer versions. Be careful with the KDE stuff. Any time you see changes, give it a couple of days before using the newer version. If, after a few days, there've been no more changes to the KDE goodies, then it's probably working okay for at least one other person out there. ;-) Later, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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