note: new guys use pkg upgrade in freebsd14.2

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Dear all newguys in freebsd 14.2 :
i am new guy, last week , i have used pkg upgrade cause my GUI desktop gnome. that make a big problem. the Gnome was disappeared.
so , I don't know when the gnome can be back, anyone know that ?
i just want to let new guys know :
1. taking care use pkg upgrade .
2. use zfs snapshot backup your system before pkg upgrade .

thanks.
 
Gnome likely disappeared because of overall build issues. I think everything or almost everything is built/building and pushed out to the package repos which means it should be available again.

You can check status here:
Useful package commands:
  • pkg search "whatever package name you are looking for" to look at the repos for the specific package
  • pkg upgrade -n to see what is available for upgrade without actually doing anything
  • pkg autoremove -n Note the "-n" to not actually do anything, but see what it would do
If you are using ZFS, use either bectl or beadm to create a boot environment BEFORE you try to upgrade packages. That makes recovery trivial, once you have verified everything works with the new packages you can get rid of the "pre upgrade" boot environment.

If you are using drm-kmod or nvidia-drm stuff, you may want to be careful about upgrading that package.
 
mer said:
Useful package commands:
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I'll add to that; pkg version -vRL=
If anything shows up as '?' it typically means the package disappeared from the repository. For whatever reason.
Code: 
     ?       The installed package does not appear in the index.  This could
             be due to an out of date index or a package taken from a PR that
             has not yet been committed.

There are a few valid reasons why a package might be missing, but it should provide an indication you need to find out why it might be missing.
 
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