portupgrade install problem

Sasa Stupar sasa at stupar.homelinux.net
Thu Dec 8 14:15:42 PST 2005



--On 8. december 2005 13:35 -0800 Dan O'Connor <dan at ferrarishields.com> 
wrote:

>> I am trying to install portupgrade from the ports collection on my
>> FBSD 5.4. But it keeps giving me error about db43 allready installed:
> <snip>
>> ===>   db43-4.3.29 is already installed
>>      You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
>>      by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
>>      If you really wish to overwrite the old port of databases/db43
>>      without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
>>      in your environment or the "make install" command line.
>> *** Error code 1
> <snip>
>> Yes, I have db43 allready installed but isn't it suppose to pass it if
>> it finds package allready installed?
>
>
> Have you tried doing what the message suggests?
>
>     # cd /usr/ports/databases/db43
>     # make deinstall
>     # make reinstall
>
> Then go and install portupgrade...
>
> ~Dan
>


Yes. I have tried that but still after I got the same error
 while installing portupgrade.

-Sasa


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