Gnome 2.6

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 08:36, Ben Downer wrote:
> Hi Mezz,
> 
> Okay, I tried to install gnome 2.6 on a fresh install of FreeBSD 5.2.1.
> 
> Following what is outlined here, http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q1 , I typed pkg_add -r gnome2, but this installed gnome 2.4 files, and left my machine in a non usable state (ie, new applications requiring old libraries).
> 
> Nuked the system, a new fresh install, try a different approach.
> 
> setenv PACKAGESITE "http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages/5.2.1-GNOME-2.6/"
> 
> pkg_add -r gnome2-2.6.0    (didn't work at all without the version number)
> 
> libgnomecanvas is not installed, so gnome apps don't work.
> 
> Hopefully its an easy fix somewhere in dependencies, but I seem to have followed all the correct steps from everything that I've read, and have gotten no where.

Where is the output of the pkg_add (preferrably pkg_add -v)?  Since you
were using PACKAGESITE, you should have set it to:

http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages/5.2.1-GNOME-2.6/Latest/ 

Then you could have done pkg_add -r gnome2.

Joe

> 
> Thankyou,
> Ben
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net>
> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 03:46:08 -0500
> To: Ben Downer <bdown at graffiti.net>
> Subject: Re: Gnome 2.6
> 
> > You still haven't explain how you upgrade your system. We have no idea 
> > what you have done.
> > 
> > BTW: Be sure to check 
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-gnome/2004-April/006030.html
> > before you reply back.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Mezz
> > 
> > On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 15:30:27 +0800, Ben Downer <bdown at graffiti.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Just as an addition to my last email, this ends up totally b0rking the 
> > > system, as the libs are now half 2.4 and half 2.6.
> > >
> > > Ben
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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