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FreeBSD Upgrade Perl 5.8.x to 5.10.x

in FreeBSD, Package Management, Perl, UNIX last updated September 23, 2009

How do I upgrade Perl version under FreeBSD operating system?

FreeBSD: Upgrade PHP4 To PHP5

in Apache, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), Lighttpd, Nginx, Package Management last updated April 2, 2009

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

How To Upgrade FreeBSD 7.0 to 7.1 Stable Release

in FreeBSD, Package Management last updated January 7, 2009

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

in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), Package Management, PHP, Troubleshooting last updated December 22, 2008

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 )

in File system, FreeBSD, Hardware, Networking, Package Management, Virtualization last updated May 6, 2017

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

in Backup & Recovery, FreeBSD, Package Management, Troubleshooting last updated January 16, 2009

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

in FreeBSD, Package Management, Troubleshooting last updated January 16, 2009

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?