On Saturday 19 June 2010 01:28:51 Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:21:30 +0300, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas <terie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > i know that i can reinstall the packages and install them again as ports but > > i don't want to do that,i want to convert the package installiation into > > ports installiation. > > Okay, I think I basically understand. :-) > > First of all, I think you mean to DE-install the installed > packages, not RE-install them. > > In oder to install KDE from ports, you need to removed the > currently installed software (no matter if it has initially > been installed by packages or ports). > > The de-installation of installed software can be done with > pkg_delete, or with "make deinstall" from the ports infra- > structure. In order to do the last thing, you would do > something like this: > > # cd /usr/ports/x1/kde4 > # make > # make deinstall > # make reinstall
Not right. By this way you deinstall metaport only. > > This procedure would first compile all the stuff, then remove > the existing installation, and finally installing the just > compiled new software. See if you need "make config-recursive", > too; see "man 7 ports" for details. > > There's one thing I'm not sure about, maybe someone else could > explain this: KDE4 as in /usr/ports/x1/kde4 is a so called > meta-port. If someone does "make deinstall" for a meta-port, > will it run "make deinstall" on all its parts (which are ports)? > > If you're using a port & package management tool, such as > portmaster, portupgrade or portmanager, I think the solution > is much easier: > > # portupgrade -Rf kde4 Wrong again. Please carefully read ports/UPDATING for upgrade instructions for all time since your binary package was releases. > > See "man portupgrade" for details. The portupgrade program > acts as a "front-end" to the ports infrastructure, and so > controls the "make", "make install", "make clean" and so > on steps. > > > -- Dima "Red Fox" Panov @ Home | C73E 2B72 1FFD 61BD E206 1234 A626 76ED 93E3 B018 Khabarovsk, Russia | 2D30 2CCB 9984 130C 6F87 BAFC FB8B A09D D539 8F29 k...@freebsd Team | FreeBSD committer since 10.08.2009 | FreeBSD since Sept 1995 Twitter: fluffy_khv | Skype: dima.panov | Jabber.[org|ru]/GTalk/QIP: fluffy.khv
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