From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Sep 25 12:28:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca (cr677933-a.ktchnr1.on.wave.home.com [24.42.130.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C79C37B43E; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:28:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (matt@localhost) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.10.1/8.9.2) with SMTP id e8PJSS579582; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:28:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matt@xena.gsicomp.on.ca) Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:28:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Emmerton To: Mark Schneider Cc: ache@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: png-1.0.8_1 In-Reply-To: <39CF8D67.1FA20FF4@mkbmarketing.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I am hosting with a company that has put version 3.4 of freebsd on our > system because it is the version of freebsd they support. I am trying > to install the png library, it compiles wonderfully, but every time I > try intstall it I get > > make install > ===> Installing for > ===> is already installed - perhaps an older version? > If so, you may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install > this port again by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. > If you really wish to overwrite the old port of > without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" > in your environment or the "make install" command line. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > > I have tried make reinstall, and the FORCE_PKG_REGISTER. I really don't > have the option of upgrading to freebsd 4.X at the current time as they > want to charge us $120 an hour to do it and they have not had much > experience doing this... Is there some way I can install the compiled > libraries by hand? I do have root access. How about doing a 'make deinstall install'? -- Matthew Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message