Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 23:42:34 -0500 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Mauricio <supremedalek@hotpop.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add and me Message-ID: <20040103044234.GB397@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <a06002001bc1abef18f33@[10.0.0.10]> References: <20031230034953.36866d74@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <200312300225.hBU2PQsi030000@smtp.doruk.net.tr> <20031230043149.73c3dddd@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <3FF15920.4070201@circlesquared.com> <20031231004933.00b76790@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <3FF31FCA.4040805@circlesquared.com> <a06002001bc1abef18f33@[10.0.0.10]>
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in message <a06002001bc1abef18f33@[10.0.0.10]>, wrote Mauricio thusly... > > daffy# pkg_add libiconv-1.9.1_3.tgz > pkg_add: package 'libiconv-1.9.1_3' or its older version already > installed > daffy# > > Ok then, I force it to be installed (-f option). All I get in the end > is *two* entries of libiconv according to pkg_info: > > daffy# pkg_info > [...] > libiconv-1.8_2 A character set conversion library > libiconv-1.9.1_3 A character set conversion library > > Why can't it put the latest version in place of the older one? Then it would be too easy to keep things simple... > I even tried to uninstall the old one first: > > daffy# pkg_delete libiconv-1.8_2 > pkg_delete: package 'libiconv-1.8_2' is required by these other packages > and may not be deinstalled: > gettext-0.11.5_1 Ah, you forgot to force the deletion unlike addition. Try this... # Delete both versions. If doesn't work delete one by one; it has # been a while since i had to deinstall two versions. pkg_delete -d -f libiconv # Should work w/ the force. Force may be needed if newer versions of # dependent software are missing, but older versions would still work # w/ the port being installed. pkg_add -f <path to libiconv> # Readjust the dependencies (provided by portupgrade port) pkgdb -F - Parv --
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