Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:42:48 +0200 From: Michel Onoff <michel.onoff@web.de> To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Install GNOME 2.6 from packages Message-ID: <4087CBD8.4060902@web.de>
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Hello, the instructions on http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html indicate that it should be possible to install GNOME 2.6 by simply issuing: # pkg_add -r gnome2 This doesn't work, on FreeBSD 5.2.1 at least, for a couple of reasons: * the "Latest" directories on the distribution sites still reference the older GNOME 2.4.0 release * pkg_add -r doesn't seem to recognize the .tgz extension and involkes bzip2 instead of gzip. Note that without the -r flag it correctly handles .tgz packages. Even the sysinstall, when configured to retrieve from an ftp medium, still gets the older GNOME 2.4.0 release. Of course, I could install the packages by downloading them via ftp and invoking pkg_add on a local copy. However, in the interest of a more general user community, it would be better to: * update the "Latest" directories on the ftp distribution sites * correct the behavior of pkg_add -r to correctly handle remote .tgz packages As an alternative: * correct the above web page with a workaround for a smooth installation Thank you for your attention and have a nice time
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