Solved pkg install xfce not working

[freebsduser]

There seems to be no package for XFCE in FreeBSD 10.3

How to install XFCE without compiling from ports?

 

[kpa]

There definitely are packages for x11-wm/xfce4 on both i386 and amd64 versions of FreeBSD 10:

http://pkg0.nyi.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/All/xfce-4.12_1.txz

http://pkg0.nyi.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:32/latest/All/xfce-4.12_1.txz

You should be able to install them with just # pkg install xfce on your system.

 

[freebsduser]

This is what I get (as a newbie)

root@freebsd:~ # pkg install xfce
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'xfce' have been found in the repositories

 

[kpa]

Try this:

# pkg update -f
# pkg install xfce

 

[freebsduser]

Tried it. Problem persists. :-(

What else to try?

 

[freebsduser]

There is also no xfce meta package listed if I type pkg search xfce

 

[kpa]

Post the output of pkg -vv.

 

[freebsduser]

Complicated as I test FreeBSD under Virtualbox.

What Lines are you looking for? I can type them from the VM.

 

[freebsduser]

 

[freebsduser]

 

[freebsduser]

Sorry for the mess.

 

[freebsduser]

In 10.2 Repo was changed to "querterly". Changed it back to "latest". Now it works as supposed.

Thanks for you efforts.

 

[SirDice]

The package name is sometimes slightly different from the port's name. Using the full category/name usually does the trick: pkg install x11-wm/xfce4.