Error with editors/kate, attempting to install KDE4

Cody Ray Miller

Cody Ray Miller

Hello everyone,

I am new to FreeBSD, so please speak slowly. ;) I'm still learning a lot about the OS. I have a background in Linux server administration, but never touched BSD before a few days ago.

I am running FreeBSD through VirtualBox on my Windows machine, and attempting to install KDE4. Here is what I did:

Code: 
cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4
make -DBATCH && make install

Note: I was told that the -DBATCH option was the correct way to use package defaults and avoid setup prompts. Let me know if there is a better way, please.

Now, here is the error I received after several hours:

(I am sorry that I can only see some of the error. Let me know either 1) where to find a log file or 2) if you can scroll up somehow (I know in Linux it is shift+PageUp/Dwn).

Code: 
1 error

make[4]: stopped in /usr/ports/editors/kate/work/.build
*** [all] Error code 2

make [3]

make[3]: stopped in /usr/ports/editors/kate/work/.build
===> Compilation failed unexpectedly.
Try to set MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes and rebuild before reporting the failure to
the maintainer.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make[2]: stopped in /usr/ports/editors/kate
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/x11/kde4-baseapps
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/ports/x11/kde4

I then did:

Code: 
cd /usr/ports/editors/kate
make MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes && make install

And received the following error:

Code: 
FreeBSD clang version 3.4.1 (tags/RELEASE_34/dot1-final 208032) 20140512
Target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd10.1
Thread model: posix
c++: note: diagnostic msg: PLEASE submit a bug report to https://bugs.freebsd.or
g/submit/ and include the crash backtrace, preprocessed source, and associated r
un script.
c++: error: unable to execute command: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
c++: note: diagnostic msg: Error generating preprocessed source(s).
*** Error code 254

Stop.
make[3]: stopped in /usr/ports/editors/kate/work/.build
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make[2]: stopped in /usr/ports/editors/kate/work/.build
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/editors/kate/work/.build
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped /usr/ports/editors/kate

So, all of that being said, is there a simple way for me to just skip this package and proceed on with the KDE install? Or, what would you recommend I try next?

Thank you for all your help! I really appreciate it!

Blessings,
Cody
 
Cody Ray Miller said:
Code: 
cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4
make -DBATCH && make install

Note: I was told that the -DBATCH option was the correct way to use package defaults and avoid setup prompts. Let me know if there is a better way, please.
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Nope, that's the correct way. But if you're going to use the default options why not install the package?

Now, here is the error I received after several hours:
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Errors can and will happen, first is to make sure your ports tree is up to date as the issue may already have been fixed.

(I am sorry that I can only see some of the error. Let me know either 1) where to find a log file or 2) if you can scroll up somehow (I know in Linux it is shift+PageUp/Dwn).
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Press the Scroll-lock key and you can scroll, press it again to release. There's no log file but you can use script(1) to save the output to a file.

Code: 
1 error
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This is a generic error and doesn't tell us much. The real error probably happened somewhere before that.
Code: 
cd /usr/ports/editors/kate
make MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes && make install
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Don't bother with MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE, I'm not sure why that message is printed.

So, all of that being said, is there a simple way for me to just skip this package and proceed on with the KDE install? Or, what would you recommend I try next?
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I would suggest using packages for the time being. It'll save you a lot of time building.
 
Argh. Error:

Code: 
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver:
cannot install package kde, remove it from request?

Is this because I started to put it together from the ports tree?
 
Maybe. I would start from scratch, but here some things you could try:
  • Run pkg update -f to force update the package database.
  • Run pkg upgrade -f to reinstall every package you have installed.
  • Wipe out /usr/local and /var/db/pkg to completely remove any installed ports.
Try again with pkg install x11/kde4 after choosing any of the options.
 
The install is running now. I will update you and mark this thread as solved if everything goes well. Thanks for all the help!
 
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