gnome 2.16 package

[eoghan]

On 13 Aug 2006, at 18:18, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 14:58 +0100, eoghan wrote:
>> Hi
>> I was wondering if i could get some help with the current package for
>> gnome 2.16.
>> I have read the instructions here:
>> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21
>> Im not quite sure how to set PACKAGESITE...  Im using amd, so is it
>> just:
>> PACKAGESITE http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages-amd64/6.0-FreeBSD/
>> Latest/
>> Im not sure about the instructions for appending /Latest/ either...
>> I suppose i need it dumbed down a little :)
>> Also, I have 2.14.3 built from ports... does it matter if I use
>> pkg_add to install 2.16?
>
> No, you can use packages to upgrade.  However, the adm64 server is
> currently down.  In general, the following will work, though:
>
> env
> PACKAGESITE=http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages-i386/6.1-MarcusCom/ 
> Latest/ pkg_add -r gnome2
>
> This would be for a new install.  For upgrades, you will set  
> PACKAGESITE
> accordingly, then use portupgrade -P.
>
> Joe

Thanks for the info Joe
Eoghan