Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:37:04 +0400 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: chriskot@quietwind.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package management question Message-ID: <cb5206420704080037kff83aa4md28261ec21c3eece@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1176010191.23205.12.camel@creto.quietwind.net> References: <1176010191.23205.12.camel@creto.quietwind.net>
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On 4/8/07, Chris Kottaridis <chriskot@quietwind.net> wrote: > I need a little advise on FreeBSD package management, I am kind of new > to the FreeBSD package management thing and so I am sure this is a very > basic question. > > I just installed 6.2 and apparently it installed the mysql-client 5.0 > package. I want to get mysql up to 5.1 from the /usr/ports directory, > figuring the most recent version in the ports directory is better. So, I > built the mysql51 port and when it came time to do "make install" it > complained that mysql 5.0 was already in place and I should delete it > first: > > ># make install > >===> Installing for mysql-client-5.1.11 > > > >===> mysql-client-5.1.11 conflicts with installed package(s): > > mysql-client-5.0.27 > > > > They install files into the same place. > > Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). > >*** Error code 1 > > > >Stop in /usr/ports/databases/mysql51-client. > > > > Fair enough, but when I look at the pkg_info for 5.0.27: > > >$ pkg_info mysql-client-5.0.27 > >Information for mysql-client-5.0.27: > > > >Comment: > >Multithreaded SQL database (client) > > > > > >Required by: > >koffice-1.5.2,2 > >kde-3.5.4 > > > > > >Description: > >MySQL is a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user and robust SQL > >(Structured Query Language) database server. > > > >WWW: http://www.mysql.com/ > > > >- Alex Dupre > >ale@FreeBSD.org > > > And indeed pkg_delete doesn't allow me to delete the package due to the > dependencies: > > ># pkg_delete mysql-client-5.0.27 > >pkg_delete: package 'mysql-client-5.0.27' is required by these other > >packages > >and may not be deinstalled: > >koffice-1.5.2,2 > >kde-3.5.4 > > So, is the right answer to use pkg_delete -f and force the delete and > then install mysql 5.1 and hope that koffice and kde are OK with the > change ? > > That seems a bit brutal, but I can't seem to find any kind of a > pkg_update option. > > I really just want to get a mysql server on the machine, but the > mysql51-server port complained there weas no mysql-51-client. I assume I > can install the mysql50-server, but I might as well go with the latest > and greatest if I can. mysql 5.1 is not ready for mainstream, AFAIK. You can install ports-mgmt/portupgrade and then use "portupgrade -o databases/somenewport someoldport" to upgrade an installed port to another one. pkg_delete -f oldport && cd newport && make install works fine, but you loose all the dependencies (kde won't depend on the newport).
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