Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 09:56:03 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: krinklyfig@spymac.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BigApache for Windows - Why doesn't BSD have an installer package like this ??? Message-ID: <20040801095603.275fcd6c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200408010632.57275.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <20040801114859.8595.qmail@web41009.mail.yahoo.com> <200408010632.57275.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> wrote: > > 2) I deleted the installed package xfce4, then added it again but xfce4 > > still won't start. Is the warnings(about versions) given when I add the > > package(below) a cause of why it won't start ??? > > > > 127# pkg_add xfce4-wm-4.0.5.tgz > > pkg_add: warning: package 'xfce4-wm-4.0.5' requires 'jpeg-6b_3', but > > 'jpeg-6b_2' is installed > > <snip> > > You need to upgrade the dependencies, as the ones you have are out of date. > AFAIK pkg_add is supposed to take care of dependencies, but I almost never > use it, prefering to build from source using the ports collection: > # cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4 && make install clean > > However, if you still want to use packages instead of source, I'm pretty sure > if you use the -r flag with pkg_add it will auto-fetch-and-install the > dependencies you need, as -r signifies to fetch the package remotely - i.e., > pkg_add -r xfce4 (I just tried this with another package, and it installed > the dependencies for it). Look also at portupgrade, which can be used to upgrade jpeg-6b_2 to jpeg-6b_3. It's a seperate package right now, but it'll probably be part of the base system soon. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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