pkg_add question
Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1) /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/kde (2) there does not seems to be a kde meta port in (1). In (2) there is: kde-3.5.4.tbz - ../All/kde-3.5.4.tbz In general all packages seem to be a symlink to ../All/.. I had assumed this was the same directory and there was really one instance of the ports tree per major release of FreeBSD. so I never (knowingly) distinguished between -n-stable and -n.x-release. Is there a difference. Is there a working kde package in -6-stable? Thanks _ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1) /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/kde (2) there does not seems to be a kde meta port in (1). In (2) there is: kde-3.5.4.tbz - ../All/kde-3.5.4.tbz In general all packages seem to be a symlink to ../All/.. I had assumed this was the same directory and there was really one instance of the ports tree per major release of FreeBSD. so I never (knowingly) distinguished between -n-stable and -n.x-release. Is there a difference. Is there a working kde package in -6-stable? I'm using 6.2-release and there is the x11/kde3 meta port. Bahman PS: I've upgraded ports on Aug 14th; but logically the kde3 metaport should have had been there before the upgrade. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 18:32:15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1) /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/kde (2) there does not seems to be a kde meta port in (1). In (2) there is: kde-3.5.4.tbz - ../All/kde-3.5.4.tbz In general all packages seem to be a symlink to ../All/.. That's how packages are stored. The real package in All/ and symlinks in the various categories that the package belongs to, plus a symlink in Latest, indicating the latest version of said package. There are packages for kde-3.5.7 in 6-stable. Kde-3.5.7 is the present version in ports. What exactly did you try and how did it fail? -- Mel People using reply to all on lists, must think I need 2 copies. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Bahman M. wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1) /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/kde (2) there does not seems to be a kde meta port in (1). In (2) there is: kde-3.5.4.tbz - ../All/kde-3.5.4.tbz In general all packages seem to be a symlink to ../All/.. I had assumed this was the same directory and there was really one instance of the ports tree per major release of FreeBSD. so I never (knowingly) distinguished between -n-stable and -n.x-release. Is there a difference. Is there a working kde package in -6-stable? I'm using 6.2-release and there is the x11/kde3 meta port. Bahman PS: I've upgraded ports on Aug 14th; but logically the kde3 metaport should have had been there before the upgrade. Thanks. Using ftp.safeport.com via a browser does indeed show .../packages-6.2-release/Latest/kde.tbz -- ../All/kde-3.5.4.tbz .../packages-6-stable/Latest/ does not have a kde.tbz .../packages-6-stable/All/ has kde-3.5.7.tbz Under these conditions, should I use PACKAGESITE = ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-/Latest/ ?? After setting PACKAGESITE running 'pkg_add -rvn kde' gives you the idea as it does not actually install a package, just reports the steps that would be taken if it was (quote from 'man 1 pkg_add'). HTH, Bahman ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pkg_add question
Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well I guess it works, but why not just cvsup your ports ( or use portsnap ) and use portupgrade to update your ports ? In general that would be the best Idea -- -Frank Staals ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Well I guess it works, but why not just cvsup your ports ( or use portsnap ) and use portupgrade to update your ports ? In general that would be the best Idea -- -Frank Staals This is a small machine that is only used as an email front-end. When I built it I didn't install 'ports' -- sorry, I should have mentioned that in the original post. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
Am 09.08.2006 um 15:43 schrieb V.I.Victor: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? No. You might get away with putting a 6-stable package on a 6.1 system, but only if you're lucky. Packages compiled for newer releases will never* work on older releases. You need to build from ports. Stefan * There's trivial software that might work, but there is absolutly no guaranty. -- Stefan Bethke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fon +49 170 346 0140 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
Am 09.08.2006 um 16:02 schrieb V.I.Victor: This is a small machine that is only used as an email front-end. When I built it I didn't install 'ports' -- sorry, I should have mentioned that in the original post. Install portsnap from your 5.4 CD, then use it to download the current version of the ports tree. If you haven't done so already, install sysutils/portupgrade; that makes it easy to upgrade the ports that are installed on your system. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fon +49 170 346 0140 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Not a good idea. 6.x packages are going to want libc.so.6 and other 6.x shlibs, which won't be available on your 5.5 box. You can, in principle, install packages from any of the 5.x releases or from 5.x-STABLE on a 5.x box, and modulo problems sorting out dependencies, everything should be able to work. However, you'll find it's a lot less effort in the end to just grab the latest ports tree using cvsup or portsnap and update that way. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: pkg_add question
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 01:43:10PM +, V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Absolutely not. Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What's wrong with using packages-5-stable? :-) What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Where did you read this, so we can try to correct the bogus advice? Kris pgpvemMjDxsKZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: pkg_add question
-Original Message- From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 03:02 PM On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 01:43:10PM +, V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Absolutely not. Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What's wrong with using packages-5-stable? :-) Probably nothing! I (wrongly) thought that *all* 5.x package/paths had the same version of 'fetchmail' and when I found the new 'fetchmail' in 6.x I figured that was where I had to get it. I'll try a 'pkg_add' from packages-5-stable as soon as I can stop the system for a while. Thanks for the pointer! Although I should probably have installed ports during the original install -- I didn't. Now, it seems a long way to go just to see if the newest version of 'fetchmail' fixes its problem (I'm not confident it will) What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Where did you read this, so we can try to correct the bogus advice? Hard to say. I did 6-8 Google searches with various keys trying to find some specifics for adding packages between FreeBSD versions. The *seems*...OK I mentioned may have been in relation to simple programs. I don't know. Since I was unable to find anything solid, I asked here! Again -- Thank-you. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
Andrew P. wrote: On 1/5/06, László Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary distribution, using pkg_add -r I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run startxfce4 then I get the following message: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libobject-2.0.so.0 not found, required by xfce4-sesion. I read somewhere that I need to update glib. But I cannot do this with pkg_add. pkg_add -r glib tells me that glib (or an older version of it) is already installed. Now I'm trying to upgrade glib with portupgrade -r glib and probably it will work. But it will take a long time to recompile every package that I have in binary format. The big advantage of using pkg_add is that I do not need to recompile everything from the ports tree. I have a slow machine and limited disk space. But it looks like I have no choice. Upgrading glib from the ports will cause many packages to be downloaded and recompiled from source. I could not find any way to update my packages in binary form. If there is a way, please help me finding it. Thanks, Les ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] portupgrade -PP will only use binary packages. Try portupagrade -aPP Whew! :-) You are my man! I'm going to use portupgrade instead of pkg_add, from this point. :-) Thank you! Les ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pkg_add question
Hello All, I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary distribution, using pkg_add -r I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run startxfce4 then I get the following message: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libobject-2.0.so.0 not found, required by xfce4-sesion. I read somewhere that I need to update glib. But I cannot do this with pkg_add. pkg_add -r glib tells me that glib (or an older version of it) is already installed. Now I'm trying to upgrade glib with portupgrade -r glib and probably it will work. But it will take a long time to recompile every package that I have in binary format. The big advantage of using pkg_add is that I do not need to recompile everything from the ports tree. I have a slow machine and limited disk space. But it looks like I have no choice. Upgrading glib from the ports will cause many packages to be downloaded and recompiled from source. I could not find any way to update my packages in binary form. If there is a way, please help me finding it. Thanks, Les ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
László Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello All, I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary distribution, using pkg_add -r I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run startxfce4 then I get the following message: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libobject-2.0.so.0 not found, required by xfce4-sesion. I read somewhere that I need to update glib. But I cannot do this with pkg_add. pkg_add -r glib tells me that glib (or an older version of it) is already installed. Now I'm trying to upgrade glib with portupgrade -r glib and probably it will work. But it will take a long time to recompile every package that I have in binary format. The big advantage of using pkg_add is that I do not need to recompile everything from the ports tree. I have a slow machine and limited disk space. But it looks like I have no choice. Upgrading glib from the ports will cause many packages to be downloaded and recompiled from source. I could not find any way to update my packages in binary form. If there is a way, please help me finding it. Thanks, Les Why don't you use portmanager (sysutils/portmanager) to install those files? It will bring in and update the required files. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add question
On 1/5/06, László Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I tried to install the Xorg server and xfce4 from the binary distribution, using pkg_add -r I could setup the Xorg server, but I cannot use xfce. When I run startxfce4 then I get the following message: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libobject-2.0.so.0 not found, required by xfce4-sesion. I read somewhere that I need to update glib. But I cannot do this with pkg_add. pkg_add -r glib tells me that glib (or an older version of it) is already installed. Now I'm trying to upgrade glib with portupgrade -r glib and probably it will work. But it will take a long time to recompile every package that I have in binary format. The big advantage of using pkg_add is that I do not need to recompile everything from the ports tree. I have a slow machine and limited disk space. But it looks like I have no choice. Upgrading glib from the ports will cause many packages to be downloaded and recompiled from source. I could not find any way to update my packages in binary form. If there is a way, please help me finding it. Thanks, Les ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] portupgrade -PP will only use binary packages. Try portupagrade -aPP ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pkg_add question
Hi, I would like to install gnuls-4.0_1.tgz into my system. When I install by using the command #pkg_add gnuls-4.0_1.tgz, the system echos Bus error (core dumped). What does the message mean? How do I install the gnuls package? thanks very much. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
