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Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:47 pm
by fmh
$ sudo pkg install -f chromium
Updating repository catalogue
$
Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:37 pm
by ericbsd
Can YouTube vive me thé output of
Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:26 pm
by fmh
Should I just wait till Version 4? Not getting anywhere here.
$ pkg info pkg
pkg: No packages installed
$
Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:36 pm
by fmh
Hmm,
Obviously I was not understanding the commands.
$pkg_add -r chromium
That was the command I believe we were after. This start the to fetch Chromium and the dependencies. Anyways it failed because some of the dependencies were not there...
I guess I will do what I can until Version 4.0 comes out.
Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:38 pm
by fmh
No matter what application I try to install all of them fail for various reasons. Missing Library Files, can't create folders, etc...
Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:57 pm
by ericbsd
If pkg can not give you the info about pkgng that mean pkgng is not fully install. I will command to you to install pkgng from ports.
Install the latest ports repos with
and install pkgng from ports
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# cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
# sudo make install clean
If you have problem I am here to help!
Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:44 pm
by fmh
I ran those
$sudo portsnap fetch extract
$cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
$sudo make install clean
It did its thing for a while and then I did
$pkg_add -r netsurf
It installed without issue but still does not run with the exact same symptoms as in my initial post here. I did the same pkg_add -r for Hatari and Chromium and those had errors and would not install. So it appears that the FreeBSD repository for 9.2 has issues.
Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:00 am
by ericbsd
pkg_add might have issue because pkg_add can't update software. If Chromium was not building properly from ports when 9.2 pkg_add repos you will not be able to install Chromium from pkg_add.
I did forget that pkgng did not come install in FreeBSD 9.2. Now try
you should now have an output. If yes do
It might work now.
Re: What is the best method to install software on GhostBSD?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:07 am
by fmh
$sudo pkg info pkg
Yes I had output.
$sudo pkg2ng
Yes it worked now.
Chromium and Hatari still would not install with the same errors as in the built in Package Manager and as with prior attempts. So there problem is either in the FreeBSD base used in GhostBSD or in the FreeBSD 9.2 Repository. At this point short of compiling the packages from Source there is nothing that can be done. With Version 4.0 weeks away there's no use in trying any further on this.
Thanks to everyone for their help on this.