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Date:      Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:10:19 +0530
From:      "=?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=B6=E0=A4=82=E0=A4=A4=E0=A4=A8=E0=A5=81_(Shantanoo)?=" <shantanoo@gmail.com>
To:        "navneet Upadhyay" <navneet.upadhyay@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-binup@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrading the Installed package
Message-ID:  <230174700802060040x4f2a0815r1a4bdc7fccf62b5d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Feb 6, 2008 11:41 AM, navneet Upadhyay <navneet.upadhyay@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>       I have two binary packages of an application of version 1.1 and 1.2.
> *The 1.1 is already installed, how can i upgrade it to 1.2* ?
>
> Do i have to uninstall 1.1 and then install 1.2 ?   I would prefer a way by
> which i can upgrade an wxisting package without uninstalling.
>

You may try portupgrade which can handle upgrades for you.

more info on: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html


regards,
shantanoo



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