From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 2 0:42:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from syndicate.tek-shop.com (tek-shop.com [63.206.17.223]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86F437B419 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 00:42:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from there (adsl-64-160-145-191.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.160.145.191]) by syndicate.tek-shop.com (8.11.5/8.11.5) with SMTP id fB28gMA25076 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 00:42:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eric@tek-shop.com) Message-Id: <200112020842.fB28gMA25076@syndicate.tek-shop.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Eric Reply-To: eric@tek-shop.com Organization: TekShop To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: recommended way to update Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 00:37:40 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm wondering if there is a preferred way to update (non system) software on a BSD box. specifically, I'm using mozilla .9.3 and I noticed that .9.6 is out. I've also heard the KDE 2.2.2 will be out soon (if not already). Do I have to wait for a freebsd version of this software to arrive, or can it be installed now? And how? Should I delete the old packages and install new ones? Or will installing new on top of old be Ok. Is there anything stopping me from downloading the source and compiling it? Will it put things in the proper places, or is that my job. Or do I have to wait for something to show up in the ports collection? Should I sync my ports tree? There doesn't seem to be any good documentation on updating software. There's lots of good stuff on installing and deleting, but no upgrades. This is especially more difficult when you deal with linux compatibility issues. please help thanks eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message