Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:15:50 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> Cc: FreeBSD Q ML <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading application(s) Message-ID: <7B73A773-D5C5-4628-A820-A568ED4CB303@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <D12B6DDC902A4BC813AE3C6A@[192.168.10.249]> References: <D12B6DDC902A4BC813AE3C6A@[192.168.10.249]>
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On Nov 11, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Sasa Stupar wrote: > I am quite new to freebsd. I have several applications build from > the ports collection. When some port change for a new version (I > cvsup my ports collection) how do I do upgrade of that application? > Is it the same as for the first time: just go to the port I want > and then type make and make install or is there another way? Yes, there are other ways. The two main choices for rebuilding new ports are sysutils/ portupgrade and sysutils/portmanager. portupgrade is considered the default or standard tool, and it works quite well for most things, but has problems with KDE and GNOME in particular. portmanager uses a rather different approach to handling dependencies, which can require more compiler work, but it seems to handles updating KDE and GNOME better than portupgrade does. -- -Chuck
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