From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 1 13:56:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61FA516A4CE for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 13:56:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 249A943D5D for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 13:56:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E62269A87; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 09:56:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 09:56:03 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: krinklyfig@spymac.com 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> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BigApache for Windows - Why doesn't BSD have an installer package like this ??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:56:06 -0000 Joshua Tinnin 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 > > > > You need to upgrade the dependencies, as the ones you have are out of date.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