Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:17:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Parker H. Brown" <phb31@earthlink.net> Cc: support@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q2 re: using pkg_add on 2.1.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970130221632.28180T-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <32F1E3FB.610C@earthlink.net>
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On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Parker H. Brown wrote: > Using the /stand/sysinstall to install numerous packages seems to be > "problematic", because overflows of (to me) arcane types seem to occur > on things like emacs. I just reinstalled 2.1.5 because the X-windows > that came with 2.1.6 doesn't seem to want to work. I felt that using > pkg_add (as root) would allow a tightly controlled system. sysinstall has a known bug when installing packages. Use pkg_add (or pkg_manage) instead. You could have just rm -rf /usr/X11R6 and grabbed X 3.1.2 off the 2.1.5 CD instead of gone the whole way.... > However, Mosaic just won't run anymore. Either "permission not allowed" > or "not found" messages pop up. Mosaic installed with owner/group bin > and rwx for other zeroed out. I usually use the system as user pb with > group=wheel. Pkg_add aborted )I thought because some dependencies > weren't there. I pkg_add ed the ones in the message, the re pkg_add ed > Mosaic. It said "already installed", so I pkg_delete ed Mosaic. It > said "not installed", so I pkg_add ed Mosaic again, and it said > "already installed". What am I doing wrong? pkg_add -f mosaic.... I thought it required Motif. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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