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

[Eric Schuele]

Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> 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/xterm.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)

Try 'man portupgrade'.  Look at "-P" or "-PP" switch.  might be what you 
need.  I would imagine you'd have the best results if you pulled the 
package down manually then ran portupgrade with appropriate switches.

HTH

> 
> 
> Thanks
> 


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Regards,
Eric