Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:01:27 +0100 From: eoghan <eoghanj@gmail.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome 2.16 package Message-ID: <8002E115-284C-4582-B5A8-431AC4133ED0@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1155489504.97256.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <CABBC166-3B76-412E-8C89-2C9E8443EA30@gmail.com> <1155489504.97256.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On 13 Aug 2006, at 18:18, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 14:58 +0100, eoghan wrote: >> Hi >> I was wondering if i could get some help with the current package for >> gnome 2.16. >> I have read the instructions here: >> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 >> Im not quite sure how to set PACKAGESITE... Im using amd, so is it >> just: >> PACKAGESITE http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages-amd64/6.0-FreeBSD/ >> Latest/ >> Im not sure about the instructions for appending /Latest/ either... >> I suppose i need it dumbed down a little :) >> Also, I have 2.14.3 built from ports... does it matter if I use >> pkg_add to install 2.16? > > No, you can use packages to upgrade. However, the adm64 server is > currently down. In general, the following will work, though: > > env > PACKAGESITE=http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages-i386/6.1-MarcusCom/ > Latest/ pkg_add -r gnome2 > > This would be for a new install. For upgrades, you will set > PACKAGESITE > accordingly, then use portupgrade -P. > > Joe Thanks for the info Joe Eoghan
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