From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 02:59:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C82216A422 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:59:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com (wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com [129.253.170.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8F6A43D45 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:59:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([129.253.108.208]) by wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:59:41 -0800 Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1N2xBmI006005 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:59:11 +0800 From: Ow Mun Heng To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200602222032.45039.donaldjoneill@gmail.com> References: <1140659905.1984.20.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <200602222032.45039.donaldjoneill@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:59:11 +0800 Message-Id: <1140663551.4762.5.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2006 02:59:42.0333 (UTC) FILETIME=[319372D0:01C63825] Subject: Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:59:46 -0000 On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 20:32 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:58, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read "Absolute BSD" and > > still > > $pkg_add -vr x11/xterm-206_1 > > pkg_add: package 'xterm-206_1' or its older version already installed > > > > So.. How do I install it? > > > > $pkg_delete xterm-203 > > pkg_delete: package 'xterm-203' is required by these other packages > > xorg-clients-6.8.2 > > > pkg_delete -f xterm-203 > cd /usr/ports/x11/xterm > make install what about the dependency then? Ignore it? What if there are "files" needed by xorg-clients? eg: libXX.so.Y and which is not present in the new xterm? > What you are trying to do is update using downloaded packages and that > is going to work for you. You need to upgrade those packages using the > ports system. IS or is not? Again, I don't want to compile it. I want the binary package. It's available on the mirrors. > > You really need to look at the Handbook. That's why it was written. I did. As stated in the initial portion of the email. I'm not only reading the handbook, I'm reading a newly bought book in addition to also reading stuffs on the internet. I'm proficient with the CLI, and being a long time Linux person, I'm sad to say that FreeBSD ports/packages is really confusing to me. > Available packages are not as up to date as the ports system is. Again, the package _is_ available and I've verified it. Thanks > > Don -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 10:51:05 up 1 day, 12:26, 4 users, load average: 3.32, 2.11, 1.51