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FreeBSD Upgrade Perl 5.8.x to 5.10.x

Vivek Gite — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:36:53 +0000

How do I upgrade Perl version under FreeBSD operating system?

FreeBSD: Upgrade PHP4 To PHP5

Vivek Gite — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:51:30 +0000

How do I update PHP4 to PHP5 under FreeBSD operating systems?

How To Upgrade FreeBSD 7.0 to 7.1 Stable Release

Vivek Gite — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:42:28 +0000

Q. How do I upgrade FreeBSD 7.0 server to latest 7.1 server with stock GENERIC kernel installed?

FreeBSD pkg_add: warning: package php5-pcre-5.2.6_2 requires php5-5.2.8, but php5-pcre-5.2.6_2 is installed

Vivek Gite — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:51:59 +0000

Q. I'm trying to upgrade my PHP version from 5.2.6 to 5.2.8 using portupgrade command. But I'm getting following errors:

*** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/lang/php5. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/lang/php5. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/lang/php5. ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa /tmp/portupgrade.42275.0 env UPGRADE_TOOL=portupgrade UPGRADE_PORT=php5-pcre-5.2.6_2 UPGRADE_PORT_VER=5.2.6_2 make reinstall ---> Restoring the old version pkg_add: warning: package 'php5-pcre-5.2.6_2' requires 'php5-5.2.8', but 'php5-pcre-5.2.6_2' is installed ** Fix the installation problem and try again. [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 62 packages found (-0 +1) . done] ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) ! lang/php5 (php5-pcre-5.2.6_2) (install error)

How do I fix this problem and upgrade php5-pcre?

How To Upgrade FreeBSD Jail ( OS Level Virtualization )

Vivek Gite — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:01:15 +0000

Q. I've FreeBSD jail configured as explained in man pages using make world options. Now I've upgrade my base FreeBSD 7.0 system to FreeBSD 7 patch level 4. How do I upgrade my Jail (FreeBSD VPS) so that everything get updated inside jail?

FreeBSD cvsup: Update The FreeBSD From Previous Releases Using Source Code

Vivek Gite — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:38:03 +0000

How do I update my system using cvsup mirror? How do I upgrade from previous releases using FreeBSD 6.x or 7.x? How do I upgrade everything including kernel, userland utilities, and installed applications?

How To Upgrade FreeBSD To New Release

Vivek Gite — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:58:51 +0000

Q. I've custom compile kernel and I'd like to upgrade my system to latest stable release. How do I upgrade FreeBSD to new release without using freebsd-update binary tool?