Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

[fbsd_user]

do pkg_info
look in the output for xterm. it will contain its complete name
if its name in the list output is xterm-203  then
pkg_delete xterm-203   this will remove it

then pkg_add -rv xterm  should fetch the package from the ports
collection and install it.

There is a better explanation of the ports collection in the install
guide at
www.a1poweruser.com


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Ow Mun Heng
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:58 PM
To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to
compile)


Hi,

I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read "Absolute BSD" and
still
I can't understand FreeBSD Ports/Packages esp when it comes to
upgrading
via packages. I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a
rough diamond.

Problem statement.
FreeBSD-Release-6
Install from minimal cd (and packages added via FTP)
i've done cvsup (cvsup -L2 -h
cvsup.tw.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/ports-supfile)

pkg_version -v states that I have a few packages which can be
upgraded.
eg:
xterm-203      <   needs updating (port has 206_1)

$pkg_add -vr xterm
pkg_add: unable to fetch
'ftp://ftp.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/xte
rm.tbz' by URL

$pkg_add -vr  x11/xterm
pkg_add: unable to fetch
ftp://ftp.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/x11/
xterm.tbz' by URL

ftp into it, it's listed via with it's suffix. (google found that "for
some odd reason, pkg_add doesn't add the suffix")

$pkg_add -vr x11/xterm-206_1
pkg_add: package 'xterm-206_1' or its older version already installed

So.. How do I install it?

$pkg_delete xterm-203
pkg_delete: package 'xterm-203' is required by these other packages
xorg-clients-6.8.2

So.. That can't be done. What can I do to upgrade my packages?

I've even tried sysinstall but that only lists xterm-203 as the
package
to install. (I suspect this is because its packagesite is
packages-6-release)

$export | grep -i pack
declare -x
PACKAGESITE="ftp://ftp.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-
6-stable/"

In gentoo, it's a simple "emerge xterm" and all will be done
automatically. (Granted, this is compile from source and not from
binary
packages, which I know can do "cd /usr/ports/x11/xterm && make install
clean", but since FreeBSD has binary packages, I rather use that)


Thanks

--
Ow Mun Heng
Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM
98% Microsoft(tm) Free!!
Neuromancer 09:42:35 up 1 day, 11:17, 5 users, load average: 0.60,
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