Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 06:52:42 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add question Message-ID: <20060107065032.6385.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <43BCF512.3050601@freemail.hu> References: <43BCF512.3050601@freemail.hu>
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László Nagy <nagylzs@freemail.hu> > > Hello All, > > I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary > distribution, using > > pkg_add -r > > I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run > > startxfce4 > > then I get the following message: > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libobject-2.0.so.0" not found, > required by "xfce4-sesion". > > I read somewhere that I need to update glib. But I cannot do this with > pkg_add. > > pkg_add -r glib > > tells me that glib (or an older version of it) is already installed. Now > I'm trying to upgrade glib with > > portupgrade -r glib > > and probably it will work. But it will take a long time to recompile > every package that I have in binary format. The big advantage of using > pkg_add is that I do not need to recompile everything from the ports > tree. I have a slow machine and limited disk space. But it looks like I > have no choice. Upgrading glib from the ports will cause many packages > to be downloaded and recompiled from source. I could not find any way to > update my packages in binary form. If there is a way, please help me > finding it. > > Thanks, > > Les > Why don't you use portmanager (sysutils/portmanager) to install those files? It will bring in and update the required files. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net
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