How to rollback a failed pkg install, php5 php55 php-xdebug

[mikaelroos]

How can I remove the dependency to php5, which was a result of a failed installation of php-xdebug, and continue with my pkg upgrade? I guess it's really a question on how to rollback a failed pkg install. Here is what I did to mess things up.

Using pkg to maintain packages on FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE. I had php55 installed on the system:

- php55: 5.5.8

I tried to install php-xdebug, which has dependencies on:

- Installing php5: 5.4.25

I figured "what the hell, lets see what happens" and went on with installing it, install failed with some messages like:

pkg: WARNING: locally installed php55-5.5.8 conflicts on /usr/local/lib/php/build/shtool with:
        - php5-5.4.25

So, ignored that and went on with pkg update and pkg upgrade. But pkg upgrade fails since there is a line stating:

- Installing php5: 5.4.25

Trying to do pkg upgrade anyhow, results in a lots of messages like:

pkg: WARNING: locally installed php55-5.5.9 conflicts on /usr/local/share/php/fpm/status.html with:
        - php5-5.4.25

I've tried to remove the reference to installing php5 by using:

# pkg remove php5-5.4.25 
Package(s) not found!             
# pkg delete php5-5.4.25 
Package(s) not found!

I tried to reinstall php55, I hoped it would overwrite the failed installation of php5. But I got all these conflicts:

pkg install -Rf php55

Conflict found on path /usr/local/include/php/main/win95nt.h between php55-5.5.9(lang/php55) and php5-5.4.25(lang/php5)

So, it seems like I'm stuck. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

 

[mikaelroos]

Re: How to rollback a failed pkg install, php5 php55 php-xde

I tried this:

pkg set -o lang/php5:lang/php55

as seen in the manual of pkg.

Then tried to reinstall php-xdebug but it still relies on php5: 5.4.25 (I hoped for 5.5.x).

But no. Still all these conflicts.

 

[SirDice]

Re: How to rollback a failed pkg install, php5 php55 php-xde

Dependencies for packages are "set in stone" as they say. You cannot change them. The only way to install non-default options is by building from ports.

It's probably a big mess now with some partial installations. I'd try to remove everything PHP related (you may need to force deletion) and re-install them.