Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:49:10 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Force install function in PKGNG Message-ID: <52EAC8D6.6020805@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <slrnlekd7g.1iq.jmzgriffin@kontrol.kode5.net> References: <mailman.6097.1390941779.1399.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <52E9213D.7030707@kleppnett.no> <slrnlekd7g.1iq.jmzgriffin@kontrol.kode5.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 30/01/2014 11:17, James Griffin wrote: > On 2014-01-29, Kenneth Hatteland <kenneth.hatteland@kleppnett.no> wrote: >> My system always have had problems getting my HP cp1515n to work. But >> installing HPLIP from ports, then installing HPIJS with pkg_add -rf will >> get the correct PPDs to show up in CUPS. >> >> After swithcing to pkgng it does not seem to exist a force option so >> I have to do all my prints on another machine, which is slightly >> annoying. I have read man pages and googled but can not seem to find a >> force funtion. Does anybody know about one or have a better way of >> making the right PPDs install to get my printer going ? Having only >> HPLIP, or HPIJS installed does not make this possible. >> >> Thanks in advance, Kenneth Hatteland > > Have a look at the pkg-add(8) man page. Specifically, the -f option. > This provides the force function you need I believe. Or you might be > able to build it as a port to get it installed. pkg-add is used when you have downloaded a pkg tarball manually. Virtually always you probably want to use pkg-install -- as this will handle automatically fetching the package and any dependencies from a repository. pkg-install understands '-f' to force installation. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJS6sjeXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATBiAP/35NnPIMkKLa+phJKZ+W/Orf SMTIDKoycRfeai1QOoa8pzsVsnWEKtNWa1H4Zo0Pu8OGTvem441inBzKVidhJmyB cfYw4n20aIL9ZPQ+7VJLn40t5k9vlU3aivRi5TEMlxMl40tl5Ib8T/68iGeMMLm7 B2Y3ne5B8zy5MhBdWlmzP2xjfGhuQ+dmGOisYvYWeJzOlNxGrGn9srR24FJ2soxb s15d9up5uTOvImjuCDACQ6J+Sd7tpjTF8B1XOHAtrq3EHQybTWX8cksYkoNP6VVs 6/jEC3Qw/7ytf1F+D6uXmn37rII7RYVcTX9fAMrXlN8UeF8DzCGmN/pVj9Ros16y nlmtrFHvFoBt3uWnMv/yjZvW8O7EC/CZu9pNK7JBVjN2YUBgcOBBw5k/XjRkRiUf mbktiAtlfSE35MJB8Lgqen5ijBKmaSwvAfBSIzWZkX0frfVgb6EmAVq3lSWJ7Jrt UvdG4RK0vAEHRSLnnMrDpmdUQa4RioH0Xfxx1rfXKoR0yActb8SZVjNGU6sZD1l+ PiReqwUxURNrB7KKDRCAUiUtcnDwuhPMefjuEfrCj36jgjvRLg58ewYSFSqD0sWu 4FFzxsR6MGmCJcklj8Xrs+U0UiAquFnUxh3k9nq8CJ7Qf2JkFysLs1C3NzUOKxR5 EBMMTiUuZp44qCaNI1xk =lcsv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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