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chani wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am new to freeBSD. I am now reading freeBSD handbook.
> I could not find pkgdb command in my system.
> I compared with another machine. there pkgdb was @
> /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb
>
> But that file was not found in my machine. Waht should i install
> to make pkgdb available.
>

cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade
make install clean

or install corresponding pkg

and then run:
portsdb -Uu

Henri
> Please help me
>
> Thankyou!
>
 >> Stay informed about: pkgdb missing 

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:13:25 UTC, Henri Hennebert wrote:

> chani wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am new to freeBSD. I am now reading freeBSD handbook.
> > I could not find pkgdb command in my system.
> > I compared with another machine. there pkgdb was @
> > /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb
> >
> > But that file was not found in my machine. Waht should i install
> > to make pkgdb available.
> >
>
> cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade
> make install clean

On 6.2-RELEASE, there *is* no ports-mgmt directory; it appears after a
portupgrade. So, chicken and egg..

Look in sysutils/portupgrade on RELEASE.
--
Bob Eager
UNIX since v6..
http://tinyurl.com/2xqr6h
 >> Stay informed about: pkgdb missing 

Bob Eager wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:13:25 UTC, Henri Hennebert wrote:
>
>> chani wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I am new to freeBSD. I am now reading freeBSD handbook.
>>> I could not find pkgdb command in my system.
>>> I compared with another machine. there pkgdb was @
>>> /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb
>>>
>>> But that file was not found in my machine. Waht should i install
>>> to make pkgdb available.
>>>
>> cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade
>> make install clean
>
> On 6.2-RELEASE, there *is* no ports-mgmt directory; it appears after a
> portupgrade.

You I right

So, chicken and egg..

No - you update the port tree with cvsup / csup

>
> Look in sysutils/portupgrade on RELEASE.
 >> Stay informed about: pkgdb missing 

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:31:57 UTC, Henri Hennebert wrote:

> Bob Eager wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:13:25 UTC, Henri Hennebert wrote:
> >
> >> chani wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> I am new to freeBSD. I am now reading freeBSD handbook.
> >>> I could not find pkgdb command in my system.
> >>> I compared with another machine. there pkgdb was @
> >>> /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb
> >>>
> >>> But that file was not found in my machine. Waht should i install
> >>> to make pkgdb available.
> >>>
> >> cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade
> >> make install clean
> >
> > On 6.2-RELEASE, there *is* no ports-mgmt directory; it appears after a
> > portupgrade.
>
> You I right
>
> So, chicken and egg..
>
> No - you update the port tree with cvsup / csup
>
> >
> > Look in sysutils/portupgrade on RELEASE.

Agreed...you can do that, and I realised that afterwards. However,
advice to look in ports-mgmt may well confuse if he starts looking for
that nonexistent directory! Hence my mention of the RELEASE location.

Also, not everyone wants to update the ports tree, unless they want a
lot of hassle with Xorg!
--
Bob Eager
UNIX since v6..
http://tinyurl.com/2xqr6h
 >> Stay informed about: pkgdb missing