Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:15:25 +0200 From: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> To: Robert Hish <roberthish@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Follow-up Gnome2.6 is Gnome2.4? Message-ID: <40EA7BBD.10602@webonaut.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY16-F17Smz6UuEhjJ0000e6e3@hotmail.com> References: <BAY16-F17Smz6UuEhjJ0000e6e3@hotmail.com>
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Robert Hish wrote: > This is a followup to my previous post. > > I just tried it again, and again the instructions for installing Gnome > 2.6 via packages installs Gnome 2.4 NOT gnome 2.6. > > I did a fresh install of FreeBSD5.2.1 > pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui > configured the supfiles and then cvsup -g -L 2 supsrc then supports > after getting everything fresh and up to date > > i configured make.conf and then > > make -j4 buildworld > make buildkernel > make installkernel > reboot > etc etc per directions on freebsd handbook > > everything works perfectly and i now have an up-to-date 5.2.1 install > > then after final reboot i build pkg_install from sysutils/pkg_install > make install clean > works perfectly no errors > > set > PACKAGESITE="http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages/5.2.1-FreeBSD/Latest/" instead of "set VAR=<value>" try "setenv VAR <value>": setenv PACKAGESITE "http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages/5.2.1-FreeBSD/Latest/" > > pkg_add -r gnome2 > > and i get gnome2.4 > not gnome2.6 as the web page says > > ftp ftp.freebsd.org > anonymous > roberthish@hotmail.com > cd pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.2.1-release/All > ls gnome2* from ftp.freebsd.org you get only the packages that was shipped with 5.2.1 and that was gnome-2.4 /franz > > shows Gnome2-2.4.0 ? > > what am i not getting here? > > "There are two ways to install GNOME 2.6 on FreeBSD. One way is to use > packages" > "To install GNOME 2.6 from packages, use the command: > # pkg_add -r gnome2 > > This will download the latest GNOME 2.6 packages from the FreeBSD FTP > site, and proceed to install them on your system." > > This is what freebsd.org/gnome has said since a few days after 2.6 was > released, yet never have i been able to install gnome2.6 from packages > using ftp.freebsd.org >
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