Package upgrade
Lowell Gilbert
freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Fri Nov 25 15:13:41 GMT 2005
David Miao <davmiao at gmail.com> writes:
> Hi list,
>
> I have already installed 'python-2.4.1_3.tbz' package from FreeBSD6.0
> i386 disc 2, may I use below command to install the up-to-date python
> 2.4.2 without uninstall old version in advance?
>
> # cd /usr/ports/lang/python (I have downloaded the latest CVS tree)
> # make install clean
>
> or
>
> # pkg_add -r python
You need to delete the old one before installing the new one.
portupgrade or portmanager will take care of these aspects for you.
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