On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:03:42PM -0500, Carolyn Longfoot wrote:
> How can I install a port without reference to already installed portions of
> it, so that it blindly installs everything it needs, regardless of what may
> or may not already be there? I think I messed up KDE and ended up
> installing some parts by themselves but it still misses obscure files, like
> kartsdispatcher.h (even though I have arts installed).
> KDE is obviously a very fat port with lots of components and I'm hoping a
> forced fresh install will fix my problems. I have no idea how to clean up
> the mess otherwise, since it's impossible to locate all the files and ports
> that the KDE 'make install', plus my manual fiddling, have already
> installed.
Set FORCE_PACKAGE_REGISTER in the environment. From /etc/make.conf:
# Override "don't install a port that's already installed" behavior.
# One might wish to do this for ports debugging or to unconditionally
# reinstall a set of suspect/broken ports.
#
#FORCE_PKG_REGISTER= YES
Alternately, or maybe even additionally, it's quite handy to use
portupgrade's force update feature, eg:
portupgrade -fr x11/kde3
which will reinstall kde3 and every installed port that depends on
kde3 --- probably many hours worth of compilation.
Cheers,
Matthew
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