pkg_add -r gnome will install gnome 2.22 instead of 2.24

[alie]

hi,

why if i launch pkg_add -r gnome2 it will install gnome2.22 instead of 2.24?

From http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q1
# pkg_add -r gnome2

This will download the latest GNOME 2.24 packages from the FreeBSD FTP site, and proceed to install them on your system.

note: i want install it(not upgraded it) and i dont want make install clean it from ports because it takes long time :(

[crsd]

Check q21 in the same FAQ and try installing packages from GNOME Tinderbox.

[alie]

arghhhhhh, why there's no ports under ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.1-stable/Latest/

especially for gnome2.24..... when FreeBSD will make ports for 7.1-stable ?

State of the port

GNOME for FreeBSD is currently supported on 6.4, 6-STABLE, 7.0, 7.1, 7-STABLE, and 8-CURRENT.
Taken from http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/

[zeiz]

Try to explore this: http://cobbler.marcuscom.com/tinderbox/
It's for amd64. click on "Package directory" to see exact path like:
http://cobbler.marcuscom.com/space/packages/7.1-FreeBSD/gnome/

To get packages from this source set your environment like this:
# setenv PACKAGESITE http://cobbler.marcuscom.com/space/packages/7.1-FreeBSD/gnome/
And then try to install gnome2-2.4.3.tbz :
# pkg_add -r gnome2

For i386: http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages/7.1-FreeBSD/gnome/

[alie]

i tried gnome2.24 from marcuscom and got problem with GDM2.24(http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=2577)

is it possible to use gnome2.24 from 8.0-CURRENT(ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-current/Latest) ?

[tangram]

See section 4.4.1 of the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/packages-using.html

For 7.1 do (if using csh/tcsh):
# setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.1-release/Latest/

I opened gnome-desktop.tbz and the +CONTENTS file mentions gnome-desktop-2.24.3.

[alie]

@tangram: open ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.1-stable/Latest/ with ur browser. i got 550

[DutchDaemon]

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-stable/Latest/ I think (7.1-STABLE).

[tangram]

@tangram: open ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.1-stable/Latest/ with ur browser. i got 550

Yeah... it's ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.1-release/Latest/

[alie]

@tangram: nope... i opened gnome2.tbz and its gnome2.22
@comment PKG_FORMAT_REVISION:1.1
@name gnome2-2.22.3

i think the link referred by DutchDaemon is correct: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-stable/Latest/

[tangram]

I see.. I just opened gnome2.tbz and is in fact 2.22.3. However gnome-desktop.tbz lists:

@comment PKG_FORMAT_REVISION:1.1
@name gnome-desktop-2.24.3

I don't use Gnome so I assumed gnome-desktop was the right package. The Handbook does say that to install Gnome you should use pkg_add -r gnome2 so the other link.

[nuBSDuser]

so bottom line I did a fresh install of Freebsd
and wanted to get gnome runing followed steps here http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq224.html
install went fine but it installed version 2.22 so I started to follow the instructions for upgrading
but I do not have pkgdb in my /usr/ports/sysutils it dosen't apear I have portupgrade installed and I can't find anything on installing it

also gnome is very unstable it is at default and keeps locking up

forgive me I'm a ubuntu user who would like to try get gnome running stable with compiz and grub-gfxboot then I will be somewhat happy

[DrJ]

See /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade.

[nuBSDuser]

See /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade.

Ok in the directory I have a

makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-message pkg-plist

[DutchDaemon]

Then all you need is http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html or go straight to chapter 4.5.2 at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html.

[nuBSDuser]

when I try this command it says command not found

# pkgdb -Ff
(Answer "yes" to unregister gail while keeping gtk20.)
(Answer "yes" to unregister fast-user-switch-applet while keeping
gdm.)

# pkg_deinstall -fO gtkmm-2.12\*
# portupgrade -aOW
# portupgrade -f gnome-session

[nuBSDuser]

I have already done portsnap