Adding Packages and Ports

[Scott W]

Krikket wrote:

>On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Roop Nanuwa wrote:
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>>Krikket wrote:
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>>>I've done a brand-new install of FreeBSD (4.9), and am a fresh user to
>>>this flavor of *nix.
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>>Welcome, we hope you enjoy your stay :).
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>Thank you!
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>>>The install went more or less without a hitch.  For some reason ldap (part
>>>of the default package selection) didn't want to install.
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>>Could you be a bit more specific? What happened during the install? Did
>>it give you any
>>error messages?
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>A generic compile error message, nothing specific.  And unfortunately, I
>didn't take notes.  (No, I wasn't expecting help with troubleshooting that
>point, it was said more in the way of a commentary than anything else.  I
>figured that when I got to the point of needing it, I could always install
>it at a later time, and if needed ask questions then.)
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>>>To test things out, I tried installing mozilla.  It failed due to a
>>>dependancy, so I checked out the website to see what was available, found
>>>a version that was there, adn installed it.
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>>How are you installing mozilla? There shouldn't be any dependency
>>problems in either of the two main ways to install packages on FreeBSD.
>>Whether you install via the ports tree or through the package system all
>>the dependencies should be handled for you. I think the reason that
>>you're having dependency issues is because you're attempting to install
>>binaries that you've downloaded that aren't packaged for FreeBSD
>>specifically.
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>I attempted to do a "pkg_add -r mozilla".  After checking the on-line
>database of software at freebsd.org, I know I tried some versons of the
>command lile "... -r linux-mozilla" and sometimes with version numbers.  I
>forget the exact one that did work.
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>>>But when I type "mozilla" to start the program, it's not found.  (Nor was
>>>it added to the KDE Menu.)
>>>I was able to do a "pkg_add -r cvsup" on the first try.  But I ended up
>>>with the same problem -- not being able to find the package once it was
>>>installed.  Needless to say, I can't add any ports as a result.
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>>Which shell are you running? You might have to run 'rehash' to refresh
>>your shell's cache of available programs. Logging in/out would do the
>>same but running 'rehash' is simpler/quicker.
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>bash.  I'll give that a shot.  I'm not at home at the moment, and for some
>reason ssh doesn't want to allow me to login.
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For bash, you'll want to do a 'hash -r' instead of rehash....

Scott

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>(I get a login prompt, but it's not accepting the correct password for
>either myself or the root accounts.  Even after I called home and had the
>roommate reboot the system, just in case something flakey got into
>memory.  I'm thinking it may be time to pull out the rubber chicken.)
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>Krikket
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