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Date:      Sat, 21 Oct 2000 19:28:58 +0200
From:      Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
To:        Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: errors installing KDE-1.94
Message-ID:  <00102119304800.00512@marbsd.tninet.se>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10010210215460.24724-100000@stargate.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.10.10010210215460.24724-100000@stargate.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>

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On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Tim McMillen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 	I had bought 4.1 release and just upgraded to 4.1.1 last night
> after downloading the ISO.  I decided to try to install KDE-1.94 beta.
> pkg_add kde_1.94.tgz told me the other packages I would need.  I ftp'd
> all those.  I tried again and got numerous errors about needing
> XFree86-3.3.6_2.  I had 3.3.5 apparently installed so I used
> /stand/sysinstall to upgrade to 3.3.6 off the 4.1.1 release cd.  I got
> the X server working. 
> trying pkg_add kde_1.94.tgz again gives more errors:
> 
> pkg_add: could not find package XFree86-3.3.6_2 !
> pkg_add: autoload of dependency `/usr/home/tim/Mesa-3.2.1_1.tgz' failed!
>  and numerous more like it.  
> 	Of course it can't find the package.  I couldn't either! :)
> I guess I find it strange that there is a package available for all sorts
> of oddities (and for XFree4.1something) but not for 3.3.6_2.  Is there one
> coming soon and that is why kde-1.94 expects a package?
> 	Anyway, could anybody show me a work around or a way to get 1.94
> installed?  Or can show me what I did wrong?  I'm pretty much a moron with
> make but I really like how slick the package system really is.  Everything
> else I have tried has installed just great.
> Thank you,
> 
> 						Tim

did you cvsup your ports collection?

pkg_version ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/INDEX 
will compare your installed packages against the current list
 
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