Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 17:51:35 -0500 (EST) From: VEGA <vega@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu> To: jie wu <jwu@nctr.fda.gov> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: package installation question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812051749250.17994-100000@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <3669B8F7.B870152C@nctr.fda.gov>
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On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, jie wu wrote: > hi, > > > i briefly browsed through FAQ and handbook but didn't find an answer to > my question. i'm > new to FreeBSD. basically i have a installation problem: after the > initial installtion of 3.0 i > decided to go for some instereting packages such as "games:)" etc... > but it looks like anything > that is X related couldn't be successfully installed (aborted) because > pkg_add seems trying to > locate a package named "XFree86-3.3.2" but without luck. i did install > and configure the XFree86 > stuff and the Xwin system is working on my desktop. > > any help and insight on how i can get around this would be greatly > appreciated. by the way i just > noticed that release 2.2.8 is using XFree86-3.3.3 whereas 3.0 is using > XFree86-3.3.2. interesting. your best bet here would be to install the software via the ports collection rather than the packages...most of the packages havent been updated for the new XF86 release but the ports should install just fine FreeBSD 2.2.8R uses XF86 3.3.3 because it was released later than FreeBSD 3.0R (see the mailing list archives to find out why 2.2.8 would be released after 3.0) > > > thanks. you're welcome ;) > > > yu chen > ychen@nctr.fda.gov > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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