From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 7 19:38:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02B6716A4CE for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:38:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp802.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp802.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9B9443D53 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:38:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from donaldj1066@fastmail.fm) Received: from unknown (HELO pres7000.mylan.net) (donaldj@ameritech.net@68.248.235.210 with plain) by smtp802.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Sep 2004 19:38:39 -0000 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:37:46 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200409071243.i87ChX0Q029474@eastgate.starhub.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <200409071243.i87ChX0Q029474@eastgate.starhub.net.sg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409071437.47073.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> Subject: Re: KDE make package failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:38:43 -0000 Hello Peter; There is a procedure I follow in a situation like this, I don't remember where I got it from (I think from the KDE web site somewhere), 1) make install qt first 2) make install arts next 3) make install kdelibs 3rd 4) make install kde3 (the meta port) 5) make install whatever is missing that you want Substitute make package for make install, or do it after install. arts depends on qt in order to build. kdelibs depends on qt and arts in order to build. Building a packages increases the time required to get kde installed, but having those packages can save time later. Don Donald J. O'Neill donaldj1066@fastmail.fm <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday 07 September 2004 07:42 am, Peter Ryan wrote: > I have just installed 4.10R (again :)). > > I did not install KDE from packages. > As soon as I installed the bare system I > cvsup'd all the ports, then did a > make install kde3. > > This completed successfully, albeit in > 3 days. > > I then tried to "make package" for kde > so I wouldnt need to compile it again. > > The make package failed with the following: > > ------------ > Creating gzip'd tar ball in > '/usr/ports/packages/All/kde-3.3.0.tgz' tar: etc/kde-meta.conf: > Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Error exit delayed > from previous errors > pkg_create: make_dist: tar command failed with code 512 > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/kde3 > ------------- > > Google shows a few other people have reported > similar problems, but there are no solutions. (except > update the port and do it again - but I used the > most recently updated port already) > > Any help much appreciated. > > Thanks > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --