I know PC-BSD PBIs are not FreeBSD ports / packages, but ports-mgmt/pbi-manager is a third party FreeBSD port, so I hope I'm right in posting here.
My problem is this: ports-mgmt/pbi-manager is no longer supported on 32bit machines so unfortunately, I can't manage my PBIs now:
After a series of messages telling me to uninstall ports-mgmt/pbi-manager and use the new sysutils/pcbsd-utils I did as I was told (when will I learn!?) only to get the error message:
I tried to reinstall the old ports-mgmt/pbi-manager from ports, but got the following message:
So, apparently, I can't have either from ports.
There is no backup package in /usr/ports/packages. I don't know why - my other backups are there. Perhaps it was deleted while "upgrading" to sysutils/pcbsd-utils?
There is also no mention of ports-mgmt/pbi-manager in /var/db/pkg or /var/db/ports - it is no longer installed after all. The only remnant of ports-mgmt/pbi-manager on my system is in /usr/ports/distfiles.
So how do I install from an old distfile? And, if I can't do that, does anyone know how to safely remove the PBIs and the PBI system as a whole?
EDIT: I worked out how to install from an old distfile:
then
Easy enough. Now I just have to migrate from PBIs to packages.
My problem is this: ports-mgmt/pbi-manager is no longer supported on 32bit machines so unfortunately, I can't manage my PBIs now:
After a series of messages telling me to uninstall ports-mgmt/pbi-manager and use the new sysutils/pcbsd-utils I did as I was told (when will I learn!?) only to get the error message:
Code:
Registering installation for pcbsd-utils-1380268666
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/sysutils/pcbsd-utils/work/stage/usr/local/share/pbi-manager/.pbiwrapper-amd64): No such file or directory
*** [fake-pkg] Error code 74
Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/pcbsd-utils.I tried to reinstall the old ports-mgmt/pbi-manager from ports, but got the following message:
Code:
The ports-mgmt/pbi-manager port has been deleted: Obsolete: Use sysutils/pcbsd-utils instead.So, apparently, I can't have either from ports.
There is no backup package in /usr/ports/packages. I don't know why - my other backups are there. Perhaps it was deleted while "upgrading" to sysutils/pcbsd-utils?
ls /usr/ports/packages/ports-mgmt
Code:
bsdadminscripts-6.1.1_4.tbz dialog4ports-0.1.5_1.tbzThere is also no mention of ports-mgmt/pbi-manager in /var/db/pkg or /var/db/ports - it is no longer installed after all. The only remnant of ports-mgmt/pbi-manager on my system is in /usr/ports/distfiles.
So how do I install from an old distfile? And, if I can't do that, does anyone know how to safely remove the PBIs and the PBI system as a whole?
EDIT: I worked out how to install from an old distfile:
unarchive /usr/ports/distfiles/pbi-manager-1.0.tar.bz2then
make installEasy enough. Now I just have to migrate from PBIs to packages.