pkg_add kde

[Dylan Hall]

Hi Nick,

Thanks. I will try using that method.

How would I unlock the pkg_add database?

Should I then perform a pkg_delete of kde?

Dylan


On 3/19/07, Nick ! <kousue at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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