pkg_add kde

[Nick !]

On 3/19/07, Dylan Hall <dylanjhall at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was trying to add kde using pkg_add. I left the process running overnight
> but I beleive the process stalled or my ssh session got disconnected. This
> morning i got this message when I ran pkg_info:
>
> $ pkg_info -i
> Package database already locked... awaiting release
>
>  ... And it just hangs.
>
> Could it be that the process is still running? There is a process:
>
> $ ps -ax |grep kde
> 28242 p1- R     758:08.20 /usr/bin/perl /usr/sbin/pkg_add -v
> kdebase-3.5.1p5.tg
> 17639 p1  R+      0:00.03 grep kde
>
> Can I how get back into that 'session' to monitor the install?

pkg_add doesn't deal with dropped TCP connections very well as yet,
but long installs always lead to dropped connections.

You're best off getting each piece of kde manually via ftp(1) or your
browser, and then installing locally.

-Nick