Unable to Install kde3 (meta port)

[Gerard Seibert]

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:27:17 -0500 (EST), "Michael L. Squires" <mikes at siralan.org>
Replied to: Unable to Install kde3 (meta port)
With these words of wisdom:


> On Mon, 16 May 2005, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> 
> > I am running FreeBSD 5.4. This is a new installation.
> >
> > I am unable to get kde3 (meta port) installed. It hangs after almost a day of 
> > compiling.
> >
> > (cd /usr/ports/print/cmpsfont/work/cmpsfont/pfb; /usr/local/bin/type1inst 
> > -nolog)
> > *** Error code 127
> >
> 
> Link /usr/local/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl (ln -s /usr/local/bin/perl 
> /usr/bin/perl); type1inst assumes that /usr/bin/perl exists which is not 
> true, at least for 5.4-STABLE, when rebuilding KDE3.
> 
> (I'm responding to this since I ran into the same problem, but didn't find 
> an answer in Google or by scanning the ports and ports-bugs mailing 
> lists.)
> 
> Mike Squires
> UN*X at home
> since 1986

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On 9/16/2005 6:54:00 AM Gerard Seibert Replied:

I assume that the saying "Better Late than Never" applies here. Actually,
after failing to receive an answer to the problem, one individual did
contact me stating that they experience the same phenomena. Their
solution was to install various kde ports individually, and then attempt
to install the meta port. I took their advice, and voilà, it succeeded.

Thanks for your suggestion anyway. I will keep it in mind if I
experience this same problem again in the future.

-- 
Gerard E. Seibert
gerard-seibert at suscom.net