Unable to delete a package

[Kent Stewart]

On Monday 17 September 2007, lawrence.petrykanyn at sympatico.ca wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (I originally posted this on the freebsd-gnome mailing list and then
> realized that list was for people actively working on Gnome.  I don't
> know if my question is a Gnome-specific issue or if it is an issue
> that can arise when installing programs in general.)
>
> I am currently using FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE and I am trying to install
> gnome2-office via the ports collection.  After running 'portsnap
> fetch update' I 'make install clean' in the gnome2-office directory.
> It goes well until:
>
>     *
>     *
>     *
> gmake[2]: Entering directory
> `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc/C'
> gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc/C'
> gmake[2]: Entering directory
> `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc'
> gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc'
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc'
> gmake[1]: Entering directory
> `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102'
> gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102'
> ===>  Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3
> ===>  libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s):
>       libgda2-1.2.4_1,1
>       They install files into the same place.
>       Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
> *** Error code 1
> Stop in /usr/ports/databases/libgda3.
> *** Error code 1
> Stop in /usr/ports/math/gnumeric.
> *** Error code 1
> Stop in /usr/ports/math/gnumeric.
> *** Error code 1
> Stop in /usr/ports/editors/gnome2-office.
> ***
>
>
>    ...so I:
>
>
> root# pkg_delete libgda2-1.2.4_1,1
> pkg_delete: package 'libgda2-1.2.4_1,1' is required by these other
> packages and may not be deinstalled:

man pkg_delete

see the option "-f" to force the deletion

Kent

> py25-gnome-extras-2.14.3_3
> straw-0.27
> gnome2-fifth-toe-2.18.3
> ***
>
>
>     ...so I then try to install the new libgda separately:
>
> root# make install clean
> ===>  Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3
> ===>  libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s):
>       libgda2-1.2.4_1,1
>       They install files into the same place.
>       Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
> *** Error code 1
>
> I am new to the subtle inner workings of FreeBSD.  Could anyone
> please advise, suggest, or comment on how I should proceed?  It seems
> that I can't install the new libgda unless I delete the old one, but
> I am prevented from deleting the old one because at least three other
> programs are dependent upon it.
>
> (As an aside, is it okay to run these installations from a terminal
> window from inside the Gnome GUI environment, or should I be outside
> of Gnome altogether when I do program installations/upgrades?)
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
>
>
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Kent Stewart
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