From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 6 11:02:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C41C1106566B for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:02:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr) Received: from mx-out.forthnet.gr (mx-out.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.104]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5508FC12 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx-av-06.forthnet.gr (mx-av.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.27]) by mx-out-03.forthnet.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o56B2MWJ028009 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 14:02:22 +0300 Received: from MX-IN-11.forthnet.gr (mx-in-11.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.31]) by mx-av-06.forthnet.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o56B2LsE017647 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 14:02:21 +0300 Received: from pluto.universe (62.1.183.129.dsl.dyn.forthnet.gr [62.1.183.129]) by MX-IN-11.forthnet.gr (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o56B2KIC006041 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 14:02:21 +0300 Authentication-Results: MX-IN-11.forthnet.gr smtp.mail=eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr; spf=neutral Authentication-Results: MX-IN-11.forthnet.gr header.from=eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr; sender-id=neutral From: Elias Chrysocheris To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 14:02:19 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (FreeBSD/8.0-RELEASE-p3; KDE/4.4.4; amd64; ; ) References: <4C0B7958.2080007@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <4C0B7958.2080007@otenet.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201006061402.19961.eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr> Subject: Re: why so many errors with ports?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:02:24 -0000 On Sunday 06 of June 2010 13:32:56 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > On 06/06/2010 1:11 ?.?., Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > > i have FBSD 8.0 i have install the base system plus the bash shell > > from the CD.after the installiation of the system i install ports with > > portsnap and i update them with portmaster,no error came up,but now i > > receive errors from xfce4. > > > > @*Alejandro Imass* > > * > > * > > what do u mean when u say? > > > > "Tip: in FBSD the word stable has a completely > > different meaning than in the LInux world ;-)" > > (adding the list to the recipients) > Don't install bash from CD. Bash will also install gettext, and this was > recently updated. Almost every single port has a dependency on gettext > and you happen to have the old version installed with bash, while the > ports you are trying to install will need the new version. Start with > just the base system and install bash from ports as well. > _______________________________________________ > 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" I believe that you should follow the quick guide that Manolis Kiagias wrote. That is the guide I followed and everything went fine and smooth. Try it: ftp://ftp.freebsdgr.org/pub/freebsd/freebsd.zip This is an unofficial guide, but it works and gives you a step-by-step understanding of your new operating system and it is written in Greek.