What this does is it downloads vlc from the repository configured in r102. Pkg fetch -d -o /root/off-pac -r r102 vlc Now to fetch packages from this repository, use the -r switch, like:
#FETCH DOWNLOAD FILE FREEBSD INSTALL#
You can now install applications from this repository: Now edit the nf file replace the url variable and it would look something like this:
conf! Choose something meaningful 🙂Ĭp /etc/pkg/nf /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/r102. I choose nf, it could be any arbitrary name.
#FETCH DOWNLOAD FILE FREEBSD 64 BIT#
In my case the OS was 64 bit and RELEASE 10.2, so I noted the following URI:Ĭopy the default pkg repository at /etc/pkg/nf config to /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/ nf This is simple to solve as pkg in FreeBSD supports configuring and use of multiple repositories.įind out the release URI for the FreeBSD version you want packages for by visiting In my example I had tried this on FreeBSD RELEASE 10.2, but some of the libraries were old by the time I started downloading packages from the official quarterly repository. It is better to stick to the RELEASE repository. Later on, if we want to update our snapshot of the Ports. The following command will download the latest compressed snapshot of the Ports Collection and extract it into the /usr/ports directory: portsnap fetch extract. There is a gotcha which I had not covered as I had not faced it ), the default FreeBSD repository is pointed to the quarterly release branch, that is applications are updated once in three months or so.īut as the RELEASE disc comes with a fixed package set, using applications from the quarterly can cause issues, especially with the dependencies. Setup the Ports Collection: To begin installing ports on our FreeBSD system, we must first download the Ports Collection. This is easier than I was expecting, I wonder what I can do for Debian similarly. Now you need to transfer the directory /root/off-pac to your storage medium and install the application on your FreeBSD PC which is not connected to internet.
This will download all packages necessary to install vlc. The process will require 118 MiB more space. With above ready you can then use the following command to download a package and its dependencies. A storage medium to transfer packages from this machine to another.pkg installed on this internet machine running FreeBSD.A FreeBSD PC which is connected to internet, the architecture must match that of the target where you want to install the packages.However, when I started dwelling deeper I noticed FreeBSD’s pkg already had it covered! 🙂 This made me to resolve to write a basic shell script to download a package and its dependencies for a FreeBSD 10 machine. The key is used to verify the integrity of all downloaded files, ensuring they have. You want to download an application/game package for your FreeBSD PC, without internet it is hard on *BSD or, GNU/Linux unless you have the software on discs.
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