Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:38:54 +0100 From: "R. W." <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot install KDE3 or KDE-LITE from ports Message-ID: <200408291338.54582.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <200408290330.i7T3UaHO023103@northgate.starhub.net.sg> References: <200408290330.i7T3UaHO023103@northgate.starhub.net.sg>
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On Sunday 29 August 2004 04:29, Peter Ryan wrote: > Thanks for the reply, but are you sure I need to do a port > upgrade after the cvsup if I am installing from the newly > updated port. KDE is the first application i am installing > after the standard installation of 4.10, and the error is > a missing file. Shouldnt the cvsup'd port have everything > I need ? It depends how much more than the base system sysinstall added, for example since you don't mention building Xfree86, I assume sysinstall would have added it from packages on the CD. Also cvsup itself has gui dependencies and they would also have been installed before cvsup was run. I'm not saying it will fix your problem, but installing a new port on top of up-to-date dependencies, in general, gives you a better chance of a clean install - particularly with complex metaports like kde. In general I've found KDE to be much easier to maintain from ports than Gnome. Whenever I've had a problem, a simple solution has appeared within a few days in UPDATING or at freebsd.kde.org
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