From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 18 07:32:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 150DE37B401 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:32:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B3243FAF for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:32:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.homeunix.net (66-91-236-204.san.rr.com [66.91.236.204]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837081B380; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:32:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr To: Torben Brosten , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:32:25 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <3F12F7A4.80505@kappacorp.com> <3F15CBCB.1090300@kappacorp.com> In-Reply-To: <3F15CBCB.1090300@kappacorp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200307180732.25375.wes@softweyr.com> Subject: Re: wanting to pkg_add KDE/Gnome post-install X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 14:32:33 -0000 On Wednesday 16 July 2003 03:03 pm, Torben Brosten wrote: > My error was in using pkg_add -r to load a port. Apparently, pkg_add > loads compiled versions only (right?). Anyway, I should have been > cd'ing to the particular port, then 'make install clean'. Unless you're a ports whiz, use portinstall and portupgrade. They're found in ports, of course. (sysutils/portupgrade) Be warned they drag in Ruby, so it may take a while depending on your network connectivity... -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com