Pain finding packages
Hi. I am very new to FreeBSD with several years of Linux experience. After installed FreeSDB for the first time, I wanted to install some packages. For example, samba. I found that pkg_add -r samba fails. I need to know specifically the samba version to install it. To install, I needed do this: pkg_add -r samba3 This is difficult. Do I need to look up every package in advance on your website to understand what version I need to install? Isn't there a way to specify "Install the latest version of some package that is appropriate to the version of my installed FreeBSD"? Thanks, Joe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Pain finding packages
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Joe Springer wrote: > Hi. > > I am very new to FreeBSD with several years of Linux experience. After > installed FreeSDB for the first time, I wanted to install some packages. For > example, samba. > > I found that > > pkg_add -r samba > > fails. I need to know specifically the samba version to install it. > > To install, I needed do this: > pkg_add -r samba3 > > This is difficult. Do I need to look up every package in advance on your > website to understand what version I need to install? > > Isn't there a way to specify "Install the latest version of some package > that is appropriate to the version of my installed FreeBSD"? > > Thanks, > Joe > > Since the ports tree (for which packages are made from) can house multiple versions of a software package (samba 3.0, 3.2 and 3.3 IIRC), specifying "samba" alone sometimes work for the default, and sometimes it's "samba32" or similar. It's up to the port maintainer to name it and what the resulting package name will be. Like most distributions, a search online can yield the version you want. Go to http://ports.freebsd.org and query any part of a substring to search for. --TJ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Pain finding packages
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:48:23 -0800 (PST) Joe Springer articulated: > Hi. > > I am very new to FreeBSD with several years of Linux experience. > After installed FreeSDB for the first time, I wanted to install some > packages. For example, samba. > > I found that > >pkg_add -r samba > > fails. I need to know specifically the samba version to install it. > > To install, I needed do this: >pkg_add -r samba3 > > This is difficult. Do I need to look up every package in advance on > your website to understand what version I need to install? > > Isn't there a way to specify "Install the latest version of some > package that is appropriate to the version of my installed FreeBSD"? You didn't specify exactly what you wanted installed. Just specifying 'samba' is useless. There are several versions of samba, as well as ports that begin with samba. For example: Port: ja-samba-3.0.35,1 Path: /usr/ports/japanese/samba3 Info: Japanese Samba Port: gnosamba-0.3.3_5 Path: /usr/ports/net/gnosamba Info: Samba configuration tool for X Window System Port: gsambad-0.1.9_3 Path: /usr/ports/net/gsambad Info: Gtk2 Frontend for samba daemon Port: p5-Samba-LDAP-0.05_1 Path: /usr/ports/net/p5-Samba-LDAP Info: Manage a Samba PDC with an LDAP Backend Port: py26-samba-3.0.37 Path: /usr/ports/net/py-samba Info: Python bindings for Samba Port: samba-libsmbclient-3.0.37 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba-libsmbclient Info: Shared libs from the samba package Port: samba-nmblookup-3.0.37 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba-nmblookup Info: NetBIOS Name lookup tool Port: samba-pdbsql-0.3.1_1 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba-pdbsql Info: Multiplexor, MySQL and PostgeSQL passdb backends for Samba3 Port: samba-smbclient-3.0.37 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba-smbclient Info: Samba "ftp-like" client Port: samba-3.0.37,1 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba3 Info: A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX Port: samba-3.2.15 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba32 Info: A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX Port: samba-3.3.9 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba33 Info: A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX Port: samba4-devel-4.0.0.a8_2 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba4-devel Info: A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX Port: samba4wins-1.0.7_1 Path: /usr/ports/net/samba4wins Info: A full featured replicating WINS server for UNIX Port: sambasentinel-0.1_5 Path: /usr/ports/net/sambasentinel Info: SambaSentinel is a gtk-frontend to smbstatus with additional features Port: cups-samba-6.0_2 Path: /usr/ports/print/cups-samba Info: The Common UNIX Printing System: MS Windows client drivers Port: samba-vscan-0.3.6c_2 Path: /usr/ports/security/samba-vscan Info: On-access virus scanning with Samba Port: japanese/samba20 Moved: japanese/samba Date: 2003-04-13 Reason: security vulnerability Port: net/samba-tng Moved: Date: 2003-08-07 Reason: port was marked broken for 3 months with no fix submitted Port: net/samba-devel Moved: net/samba3 Date: 2004-06-07 Reason: considered stable Port: net/samba Moved: net/samba3 Date: 2006-09-02 Reason: Security vulnerabilities Port: japanese/samba Moved: japanese/samba3 Date: 2008-07-21 Reason: Superseded by japanese/samba3 Port: net/samba32-devel Moved: net/samba32 Date: 2009-02-16 Reason: Samba 3.2 became stable enough to be used in production. Did you read man pkg_add(1) thoroughly before using the utility? -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult. R. S. Barton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Pain finding packages
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:48:23AM -0800, Joe Springer wrote: > Hi. > > I am very new to FreeBSD with several years of Linux experience. After > installed FreeSDB for the first time, I wanted to install some > packages. For example, samba. > > I found that > >pkg_add -r samba > > fails. I need to know specifically the samba version to install it. > > To install, I needed do this: >pkg_add -r samba3 > > This is difficult. Do I need to look up every package in advance on > your website to understand what version I need to install? > > Isn't there a way to specify "Install the latest version of some > package that is appropriate to the version of my installed FreeBSD"? Unfortunately, there isn't -- sometimes. Some ports (and their associated packages) will have the name you expect. Some will not. The names of binary packages should have the same names as their respective ports, at least most of the time, as far as I'm aware. Thus, if you have the ports tree on your system, you can at least check locally to see what various software installs will be called. If not, you may have to search online. I don't use binary packages much, personally, so I'm not exactly an expert in that regard. Something I said may turn out to be mistaken. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpDnQDYwu3mc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Pain finding packages
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:48, Joe Springer wrote: > Hi. > > I am very new to FreeBSD with several years of Linux experience. After > installed FreeSDB for the first time, I wanted to install some packages. For > example, samba. > > I found that > > pkg_add -r samba > > fails. I need to know specifically the samba version to install it. > > To install, I needed do this: > pkg_add -r samba3 > > This is difficult. Do I need to look up every package in advance on your > website to understand what version I need to install? > > Isn't there a way to specify "Install the latest version of some package that > is appropriate to the version of my installed FreeBSD"? > > Thanks, > Joe Not really. However, you should have installed a copy of the ports tree during the creation of your machine. Here are your tools: csup (or portsnap, either of which will keep your ports tree current), portupgrade (or portmaster or one of a couple of others, to upgrade your current ports) and make. csup is native, and portupgrade seems to be more commonly used than the others of its kind. For make, do the following, after csup (or an alternative): cd /usr/ports make search name=samba | less or cd /usr/ports make search key=samba | less Then browse that list to see what most particularly applies to your needs. HTH, Kurt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Pain finding packages
On Saturday 30 January 2010, Kurt Buff wrote: > For make, do the following, after csup (or an alternative): > > cd /usr/ports > make search name=samba | less > or > cd /usr/ports > make search key=samba | less > > Then browse that list to see what most particularly applies to your > needs. Or, for more compact output, try this script: #!/bin/sh cd /usr/ports make search name=$1 | egrep "^(Port|Path|Info|Moved)" | less -- Mike Clarke ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Pain finding packages
On 30 January 2010 23:42, Kurt Buff wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:48, Joe Springer wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I am very new to FreeBSD with several years of Linux experience. After > installed FreeSDB for the first time, I wanted to install some packages. For > example, samba. > > > > I found that > > > > pkg_add -r samba > > > > fails. I need to know specifically the samba version to install it. > > > > To install, I needed do this: > > pkg_add -r samba3 > > > > This is difficult. Do I need to look up every package in advance on your > website to understand what version I need to install? > > > > Isn't there a way to specify "Install the latest version of some package > that is appropriate to the version of my installed FreeBSD"? > > > > Thanks, > > Joe > > Not really. > > However, you should have installed a copy of the ports tree during the > creation of your machine. > > Here are your tools: csup (or portsnap, either of which will keep your > ports tree current), portupgrade (or portmaster or one of a couple of > others, to upgrade your current ports) and make. csup is native, and > portupgrade seems to be more commonly used than the others of its > kind. > > For make, do the following, after csup (or an alternative): > > cd /usr/ports > make search name=samba | less > or > cd /usr/ports > make search key=samba | less > > Then browse that list to see what most particularly applies to your needs. > > > HTH, > > Kurt > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > he is a one liner to update your ports tree csup -h cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile you might want to replace uk with your country code though ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
