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freebsd packages help =)

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I downloaded Y! Messenger (fbsd4.ymessenger.tgz) to the directory /usr/home/scott/

then from the command line, I typed SU
then I try pkg_add fbsd4.ymessenger.tgz

And I get the following messages:

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# pkg_add fbsd4.ymessenger.tgz
pkg_add: could not find package gtk-1.2.3 !
pkg_add: could not find package glib-1.2.3 !
pkg_add: could not find package XFree86-3.3.6 !
pkg_add: could not find package gdk-pixbuf-0.8.0 !
pkg_add: could not find package gettext-0.11.1_1 !
I tried adding each of those packages individually, but they cannot be found. Can someone give me a heads up =)
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Find out what the -r option can do for you ;)
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tried that. pkg_add -r gtk tries to fetch the current release. which it does good. but it can't install because I have an older version. I try to pkg_delete the older version, but it has too many dependancies.
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