FreeBSD Clean Install Issues.

SteakTheMooCow · 30th May 2005, 9:24 AM

Nothing installs? Ports is owned. I can't even get WGET to install? Should I use sysinstall to try and port perl and gcc back on?

It looks like my base package is corrupted in some way... any ideas aside from a complete re-install (as I just did one? =\)

stevenx · 30th May 2005, 9:30 AM

Try "pkg_add -r wget" to install wget.

"pkg_add -r cvsup-whithout-gui" to install cvsup... without X.

Create a file in /root called ports_supfile.

Edit (I pkg_add -r nano, because I like nano) that file - you can use this as an example, but I'm pretty sure it'll work without editing:

Code:

#       cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile
#

# Defaults that apply to all the collections
#
# IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
# listed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html.
*default host=cvsup.au.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=.
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default compress

ports-all

Then run "cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile" as root. That will update your ports tree, and should fix anything that's broken

Oh, and if you don't have X installed on your system, add this to /etc/make.conf: "WITHOUT_X11=yes" to stop ports trying to install with X.

SteakTheMooCow · 30th May 2005, 9:35 AM

ok, I think i fixed it... kinda...

Code:

# GCC (Also re-installs half the base OS...)
cd /usr/ports/lang/gcc-40 
make clean deinstall 
make test 
make clean install 

# Perl 5.8
cd /usr/ports/lang/perl-5.8/ 
make clean deinstall 
make test 
make clean install

#WGET
cd /usr/ports/www/wget4web/ 
make clean deinstall 
make test 
make clean install

# Apache2
#           WGET installs Apache13... remove it
cd /usr/ports/www/apache13/
make clean deinstall 
#           confirm delete
make clean deinstall

#           install
cd /usr/ports/www/apache2/ 
make clean deinstall 
make test 
make clean install

#MySQL
cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql41-server/ 
make clean deinstall 
make test 
make clean install
cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client/ 
make clean deinstall 
make test 
make clean install

#PHP5
cd /usr/ports/lang/php5/ 
make clean deinstall 
make test 
make clean install

And I think that should just about do it... (running now, I'll post if it worked later)

SteakTheMooCow · 30th May 2005, 9:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevenx

Try "pkg_add -r wget" to install wget.

"pkg_add -r cvsup-whithout-gui" to install cvsup... without X.

Create a file in /root called ports_supfile.

Edit (I pkg_add -r nano, because I like nano) that file - you can use this as an example, but I'm pretty sure it'll work without editing:

Code:

#       cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile
#

# Defaults that apply to all the collections
#
# IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
# listed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html.
*default host=cvsup.au.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=.
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default compress

ports-all

Then run "cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile" as root. That will update your ports tree, and should fix anything that's broken

Oh, and if you don't have X installed on your system, add this to /etc/make.conf: "WITHOUT_X11=yes" to stop ports trying to install with X.

Crap, lol, I'll try that if this fails... so far GCC4 is installing and being sweet

stevenx · 30th May 2005, 9:42 AM

Good luck

Also, I haven't tried this but I'm reasonably certain that if your ISO CD doesn't boot, you can start the installation with floppy disks, then install the system from CD - just put a CD with a burnt ISO in the drive.

SteakTheMooCow · 30th May 2005, 9:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevenx

Good luck

Also, I haven't tried this but I'm reasonably certain that if your ISO CD doesn't boot, you can start the installation with floppy disks, then install the system from CD - just put a CD with a burnt ISO in the drive.

hehe, it installed, it was just buggered.

fixed the problem btw...

pkg_add cvsup-without-gui
rehash
cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile

ta. all seems to be doing well... I'm not going to install a ported copy of Webmin though... lol bad experiences with Debian and ported webmins :S

edit: I ran my script (see above) and all seems to be good now

stevenx · 30th May 2005, 10:34 AM

Sweet, I'm glad it's working alright.

Just looking at that script - I'm pretty sure a MySQL client is a dependecy of the MySQL server, so you shouldn't need the whole client bit there.

SteakTheMooCow · 30th May 2005, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevenx

Sweet, I'm glad it's working alright.

Just looking at that script - I'm pretty sure a MySQL client is a dependecy of the MySQL server, so you shouldn't need the whole client bit there.

yeah... I changed my script. now I DL the binary from the AusGamers mirror, extract, set it up, chown, chgrp (that crap) and I'm done.

it works well now... (no need to use ports for MySQL, as the ports version doesn't work with Webmin anyway)

30th May 2005, 9:24 AM	#1
SteakTheMooCow (Taking a Break) Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,070	FreeBSD Clean Install Issues. Nothing installs? Ports is owned. I can't even get WGET to install? Should I use sysinstall to try and port perl and gcc back on? It looks like my base package is corrupted in some way... any ideas aside from a complete re-install (as I just did one? =\)

30th May 2005, 9:30 AM	#2
stevenx Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Fai oh see fo. Posts: 1,852	Try "pkg_add -r wget" to install wget. "pkg_add -r cvsup-whithout-gui" to install cvsup... without X. Create a file in /root called ports_supfile. Edit (I pkg_add -r nano, because I like nano) that file - you can use this as an example, but I'm pretty sure it'll work without editing: Code: # cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile # # Defaults that apply to all the collections # # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html. default host=cvsup.au.FreeBSD.org default base=/usr default prefix=/usr default release=cvs tag=. default delete use-rel-suffix default compress ports-all Then run "cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile" as root. That will update your ports tree, and should fix anything that's broken Oh, and if you don't have X installed on your system, add this to /etc/make.conf: "WITHOUT_X11=yes" to stop ports trying to install with X. Last edited by stevenx; 30th May 2005 at 9:32 AM.

30th May 2005, 9:42 AM	#5
stevenx Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Fai oh see fo. Posts: 1,852	Good luck Also, I haven't tried this but I'm reasonably certain that if your ISO CD doesn't boot, you can start the installation with floppy disks, then install the system from CD - just put a CD with a burnt ISO in the drive.

30th May 2005, 10:34 AM	#7
stevenx Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Fai oh see fo. Posts: 1,852	Sweet, I'm glad it's working alright. Just looking at that script - I'm pretty sure a MySQL client is a dependecy of the MySQL server, so you shouldn't need the whole client bit there.