Firefox installation failure

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trybeingarun

Hi,
My firefox installation is failing; I am getting "firefox-3.6.8,1 is already installed" error even though I have not installed it earlier.
I tried installing like `portmaster www/firefox` and also `cd www/firefox; make install`.

I checked my /usr/local/bin to see if there is a firefox there and I could not find it. Also in 'www/firefox' make deinstall/reinstall are failing. What am i doing wrong? How should I get firefox installed.

Code: 
===>  Checking if www/firefox already installed
===>   firefox-3.6.8,1 is already installed
      You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
      by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
      If you really wish to overwrite the old port of www/firefox
      without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
      in your environment or the "make install" command line.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/www/firefox.

===>>> A backup package for firefox-3.6.8,1 should
       be located in /usr/ports/packages/portmaster-backup

===>>> Installation of firefox-3.6.8,1 (www/firefox) failed
===>>> Aborting update

[arun@freehub /usr/ports/www/firefox]$ sudo make deinstall
===>  Deinstalling for www/firefox
===>   firefox-3.6.8,1 has a different PREFIX: , skipping
 
1... change to the port
2... if in /work/ , the .build_done.[stuff] file exists,
then
Code: 
pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/firefox-[number] && make install
You may want to check that all the dependencies are
installed first (run dependencies that is).
 
Hi jb_fvwm2,

I find .build_done file in the work directory. However when i try pkg_delete I am getting the following error.

Code: 
[arun@freehub /usr/ports/www/firefox]$ ls work/.build_done.firefox._usr_local 
work/.build_done.firefox._usr_local
[arun@freehub /usr/ports/www/firefox]$ sudo pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/firefox-3.6.8,1
pkg_delete: package 'firefox-3.6.8,1' doesn't have a prefix
 
Don't use the full path, just the directory name:
pkg_delete -f firefox-3.6.8,1
 
trybeingarun said:
I did a
Code: 
rm -rf /var/db/pkg/firefox-3.6.8,1
and it worked :D
Click to expand...

Never do that! This will NOT remove the application, just the files needed for package housekeeping. You will now not be able to remove the application with the pkg_tools because it thinks it's not installed.
 
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