Package management question

[Garrett Cooper]

Chris Kottaridis wrote:
> I need a little advise on FreeBSD package management, I am kind of new
> to the FreeBSD package management thing and so I am sure this is a very
> basic question.
> 
> I just installed 6.2 and apparently it installed the mysql-client 5.0
> package. I want to get mysql up to 5.1 from the /usr/ports directory,
> figuring the most recent version in the ports directory is better. So, I
> built the mysql51 port and when it came time to do "make install" it
> complained that mysql 5.0 was already in place and I should delete it
> first:
> 
>> # make install
>> ===>  Installing for mysql-client-5.1.11
>>
>> ===>  mysql-client-5.1.11 conflicts with installed package(s):
>>      mysql-client-5.0.27
>>
>>      They install files into the same place.
>>      Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop in /usr/ports/databases/mysql51-client.
>>
> 
> Fair enough, but when I look at the pkg_info for 5.0.27:
> 
>> $ pkg_info mysql-client-5.0.27
>> Information for mysql-client-5.0.27:
>>
>> Comment:
>> Multithreaded SQL database (client)
>>
>>
>> Required by:
>> koffice-1.5.2,2
>> kde-3.5.4
>>
>>
>> Description:
>> MySQL is a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user and robust SQL
>> (Structured Query Language) database server.
>>
>> WWW: http://www.mysql.com/
>>
>> - Alex Dupre
>> ale at FreeBSD.org
> 
> 
> And indeed pkg_delete doesn't allow me to delete the package due to the
> dependencies:
> 
>> # pkg_delete mysql-client-5.0.27
>> pkg_delete: package 'mysql-client-5.0.27' is required by these other
>> packages
>> and may not be deinstalled:
>> koffice-1.5.2,2
>> kde-3.5.4
> 
> So, is the right answer to use pkg_delete -f and force the delete and
> then install mysql 5.1 and hope that koffice and kde are OK with the
> change ?
> 
> That seems a bit brutal, but I can't seem to find any kind of a
> pkg_update option.
> 
> I really just want to get a mysql server on the machine, but the
> mysql51-server port complained there weas no mysql-51-client. I assume I
> can install the mysql50-server, but I might as well go with the latest
> and greatest if I can.
> 
> Thanks
> 	Chris Kottaridis    (chriskot at quietwind.net)

Try pkg_delete -f, instead of pkg_delete.

pkg_delete can be a bit terse and not (as) user friendly at times (as it
should be).

Cheers,
-Garrett