Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:24:23 -0800 From: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, alfredoj69@gmail.com Subject: Re: Firefox Message-ID: <200502011624.24217.krinklyfig@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <42000BA1.9000702@gmail.com> References: <f40f0e505020112372ec229d6@mail.gmail.com> <42000280.3070608@nbritton.org> <42000BA1.9000702@gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 01 February 2005 03:07 pm, Aperez <alfredoj69@gmail.com> wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > > Chris Hodgins wrote: > >> Nikolas Britton wrote: > >>> Alfredo Perez wrote: > >>>> Hi > >>>> > >>>> I just updated my ports and installed Firefox. I have installed > >>>> Firefox version 0.9.3. How can I update it to version 1.0? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> > >>>> PS: I am running FreeBSD 5.3 > >>> > >>> Your post is a bit ambiguous. did you have 0.9.3 on your system > >>> and wanted to upgrade to 1.0 or did you update your ports but it > >>> installed 0.9.3? > >>> > >>> What I would do: > >>> > >>> my ports-sup file: > >>> > >>> #*default host=cvsup14.us.FreeBSD.org > >>> *default host=cvsup12.us.FreeBSD.org > >>> #*default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org > >>> #*default host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org > >>> *default base=/var/db > >>> *default prefix=/usr > >>> *default release=cvs tag=. > >>> *default delete use-rel-suffix > >>> *default compress > >>> ports-all > >>> > >>> ----------------------------- > >>> > >>> > su > >>> > >>> # cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile > >>> (normally i'd just run pkg_version -v |grep "<" and if needed > >>> portupgrade after cvsuping, if I was upgrading something like > >>> Gnome or KDE i'd exit X) > >>> # cd /usr/ports/www/firefox > >>> # make deinstall > >>> # more M* > >>> # make WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS=yes install clean > >>> # exit > >>> > >>> > rehash > >>> > firefox& > >>> > exit > >>> > >> > >> Could his problem be that he has simply not fetched the index? > >> > >> I normally do: > >> > >> # cvsup -g -L2 /usr/ports-supfile > >> .. > >> .. > >> # cd /usr/ports > >> # make fetchindex > >> # portsdb -u > >> > >> and then I would try reinstalling it using the method above. > > > > I don't think that would keep him from installing the newer version > > after he cvsuped, system might complain or manually rebuild the > > index but thats it. After the portupgrade problem with index and > > how long it takes to rebuild the index I now do this now too. also > > I run pkgdb -F or pkgdb -Fu and portsclean -C before running > > portupgrade -arRwW and after I run portupgrade I run portsclean > > -CDD and then clean out the old libs, that is...if portupgrade had > > no errors. He emailed me and said he was installing it for the > > first time, I think he just didn't do the cvsup part correctly. > > Okey, I just updated my ports following your instructions. I saw in > the Makefile file that the port version is equal to 1.0 ( before was > equal to 0.9). Now, what should I do next:: > > Desinstall Firefox and install it again and then I run pkgdb > > or > > First run pkgbd and then install Firefox # cd /usr/ports/www/firefox && make deinstall && make clean # make && make install && make clean Alternately: # cd /usr/ports/www/firefox && make deinstall && make reinstall ... but I suggest the first way, as it would be sure to clean out everything first before rebuilding. The pkgdb stuff will be done automatically. - jt
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