[melopll]

Hello, I am trying to install Firefox from ports but I have an error from console that tellin that perl5.X is missing and the /var/db/pkg must checked to see if perl installation is there or not. After a check I see perl5.6.2_2 and perl5.8.7 into the directory.
Is there another perl the must be installed for Firefox to complete the installation? Could be something else?

Thanks

[sether]

Post the exact error message, because it looks like Perl is not a Firefox dependency after looking at freebsd.org/ports.

[melopll]

checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libperl.so" not found, required by "perl"
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libperl.so" not found, required by "perl"
configure: error: perl 5.x required for intltool
===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
Please direct the output of the failure of the make command to a file, and
then feed that file to the gnomelogalyzer, available from
http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/gnomelogalyzer.sh, which will diagnose the problem
and suggest a solution.  If - and only if - the gnomelogalyzer cannot solve
the problem, report the problem to the FreeBSD GNOME team at gnome@FreeBSD.org,
and attach "/usr/ports/textproc/intltool/work/intltool-0.34.1/config.log" and
the output of the failure of the make command.  Also, it might be a good idea
to provide an overview of all packages installed on your system (e.g. an `ls
/var/db/pkg`).
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/intltool.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/www/firefox.

This is the error from: # make install clean

Thank You.

[sether]

It looks like you might not be building Firefox directly from www/firefox since you're getting the FreeBSD GNOME team messages after it fails. It usually is a matter of updating your sources through cvsup, rebuilding everything with portupgrade, and trying again. This is basically what you would do:

# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile /root/ports-supfile

Edit ports-supfile to grab the sources from a nearby cvsup server.

# cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile
# portupgrade -aRr
# cd /usr/ports/www/firefox
# make install clean

[melopll]

The file ports-supfile is already under /root... it's been there since installation.

# cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile 
 # portupgrade -aRr 
 # cd /usr/ports/www/firefox 
 # make install clean

I have laready done the above except # portupgrade -aRr... What's this command for?

My /usr/ports and /usr/src directorys are both been populated... both processes ended sucessefully should I do the process again?

Thank You.

[sether]

Originally Posted by melopll

I have laready done the above except # portupgrade -aRr... What's this command for?

If you're not familiar with what a certain command does, read the manual page.

$ man portupgrade

As I mentioned earlier, updating your ports tree, updating all installed packages, and trying to install directly from www/firefox is the only way you're going to successfully compile and install Mozilla Firefox.

[melopll]

Originally Posted by sether

If you're not familiar with what a certain command does, read the manual page.

$ man portupgrade

As I mentioned earlier, updating your ports tree, updating all installed packages, and trying to install directly from www/firefox is the only way you're going to successfully compile and install Mozilla Firefox.

This is what I got from # man portupgrade:

No manual entry for portupgrade

If I understood correctly what is missing is running the command # portupgrade -aRr, and everything will be fine. This command will upgrade all the program installed to the latest version, correct? Am I still no time or it is too late?

Thank You.

[sether]

Originally Posted by melopll

This is what I got from # man portupgrade:

No manual entry for portupgrade

If I understood correctly what is missing is running the command # portupgrade -aRr, and everything will be fine. This command will upgrade all the program installed to the latest version, correct? Am I still no time or it is too late?

Thank You.

It will upgrade all installed programs and their dependencies.

You might want to install the system manual pages...

[melopll]

Is portupgrade a program that must be installed from port? I have found a "makefile" on /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade. Since I have no manual for it I assume that the program is not installed yet on my system. Should I go for a "make install clean" on the directory mentioned above?

Thanks

[sether]

Originally Posted by melopll

Is portupgrade a program that must be installed from port? I have found a "makefile" on /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade. Since I have no manual for it I assume that the program is not installed yet on my system. Should I go for a "make install clean" on the directory mentioned above?

Thanks

Oh yeah, I forgot it's not installed by default. Install it and you'll have the man page.