How do I upgrade Perl version under FreeBSD operating system?
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portupgrade command
Q. How do I upgrade FreeBSD 7.0 server to latest 7.1 server with stock GENERIC kernel installed?
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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 1Stop in /usr/ports/lang/php5.
*** Error code 1Stop 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?
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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?
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Q. 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?
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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?
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