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From: XPR on 7 May 2010 12:08 So I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, we all have to start somewhere. I'm trying to install Open Office into KDE. I got a link via: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11580 to an OO package. However it fails out when trying to install. The first item is Perl, of which it wants a newer version installed. This is where my issue is. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to update Perl. I can't use pkg_delete to remove the older Perl because stuff is linked to it.
From: Lowell Gilbert on 7 May 2010 14:01 XPR <wisynoil(a)gmail.com> writes: > So I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, we all have to start somewhere. I'm > trying to install Open Office into KDE. I got a link via: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11580 to an OO package. > However it fails out when trying to install. The first item is Perl, > of which it wants a newer version installed. This is where my issue > is. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to update Perl. I > can't use pkg_delete to remove the older Perl because stuff is linked > to it. There are other ports that will handle this kind of problem for you. There's a whole category (ports-mgmt) of related ports, but the most commonly recommended ones for this purpose are ports-mgmt/portmaster and ports-mgmt/portupgrade. I recommend looking at the FreeBSD Handbook for advice on this area. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
From: XPR on 7 May 2010 15:22 On May 7, 1:01 pm, Lowell Gilbert <lguse...(a)be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > XPR <wisyn...(a)gmail.com> writes: > > So I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, we all have to start somewhere. I'm > > trying to install Open Office into KDE. I got a link via: > >http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11580to an OO package. > > However it fails out when trying to install. The first item is Perl, > > of which it wants a newer version installed. This is where my issue > > is. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to update Perl. I > > can't use pkg_delete to remove the older Perl because stuff is linked > > to it. > > There are other ports that will handle this kind of problem for you. > There's a whole category (ports-mgmt) of related ports, but the most > commonly recommended ones for this purpose are ports-mgmt/portmaster > and ports-mgmt/portupgrade. > > I recommend looking at the FreeBSD Handbook for advice on this area. > > -- > Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer > http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ I looked at the FreeBSD Handbook and a host of other sites already.
From: Lowell Gilbert on 7 May 2010 16:10 XPR <wisynoil(a)gmail.com> writes: > On May 7, 1:01�pm, Lowell Gilbert <lguse...(a)be-well.ilk.org> wrote: >> XPR <wisyn...(a)gmail.com> writes: >> > So I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, we all have to start somewhere. �I'm >> > trying to install Open Office into KDE. �I got a link via: >> >http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11580to an OO package. >> > However it fails out when trying to install. �The first item is Perl, >> > of which it wants a newer version installed. �This is where my issue >> > is. �For the life of me, I can't figure out how to update Perl. �I >> > can't use pkg_delete to remove the older Perl because stuff is linked >> > to it. >> >> There are other ports that will handle this kind of problem for you. >> There's a whole category (ports-mgmt) of related ports, but the most >> commonly recommended ones for this purpose are ports-mgmt/portmaster >> and ports-mgmt/portupgrade. >> >> I recommend looking at the FreeBSD Handbook for advice on this area. >> >> -- >> Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer >> � � � � �http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ > > I looked at the FreeBSD Handbook and a host of other sites already. The Handbook has entire subsections on portupgrade, portmaster, and portmanager. Pick one of them, install it, and use it to upgrade your installed ports. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
From: Bob Eager on 7 May 2010 16:11
On Fri, 07 May 2010 09:08:45 -0700, XPR wrote: > So I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, we all have to start somewhere. I'm trying > to install Open Office into KDE. I got a link via: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11580 to an OO package. > However it fails out when trying to install. The first item is Perl, of > which it wants a newer version installed. This is where my issue is. > For the life of me, I can't figure out how to update Perl. I can't use > pkg_delete to remove the older Perl because stuff is linked to it. The ports tree you have installed on your machine should (in theory) contain a version of OO that will work with the current Perl. So, the easiest way is just to install the OO package for your system. Use: pkg_add -r openoffice.org-3 which should do it automagically, if there is a pre-built port. If there isn't: # cd /usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-3 # make # make install (the make phase will take hours....and ensure you have lots of swap space, at least 5GB, and lots of spare disk space (20GB to be safe), on /usr) OR.....you can update your ports tree, then get a new Perl and OpenOffice.org...personally I'd do that later. Tip on updating ports, and other stuff, get "BSD Hacks" by Dru Lavigne. Despite 34 years' UNIX experience, I learned a thing or two. Aquick link to it is here...I'll confess up front that I get a small kickback, but it's an easy way to get to it...! http://books.tavi.co.uk then select "Unix related books" -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org |