[OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg install woes

[John Gardner]

    Nuts, I thought I had run an update, but apparently not. Anyway, thanks for dealing with this “problem between keyboard and chair”

Regards
John

> On 30 Nov 2021, at 12:59 pm, Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
> 
> In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg install woes, John Gardner via...:
> 
>> A brand new install from the hipster-20210403 dvd and I can't install packages at the moment:
>> 
>> root at buildpc:/export/home/johng# pkg install build-essential
> 
> tl;dr:
> 
> Always, always do
> 
> 	pkg update
> 
> or
> 
> 	pkg update -v 2>&1 | tee pkg-update-v.out
> 
> before doing an install.
> 
> OI hipster is designed so that packages "go together", meaning that all
> the packages from a particular point in time should work together.
> 
> What you're trying to do is install the latest versions of some packages
> on top of an OS image that is from 7 months ago.  That's being blocked
> by the osnet-incorporation.
> 
> If you want to install current packages, you need to be relatively up
> to date, which means first doing a
> 
> 	pkg update
> 
> Tim
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