Hi,
after having a +1 from a German mailing list and the suggestion to send it
to the appropriate mailing list (I think freebsd-ports is the one?)
a suggestion for the installation from CD
1. Include a local binary way to install pkg
2. Ask for a proxy server when setting up a new FreeBSD machine
(write it in the environment section of pkg.conf
as well as setting the http_proxy environment variable)
3. Ask whether you want to use binary packages and write a FreeBSD.conf
for the appropriate repository to download from
4. Download the content from the repo at the first pkg command so
commands as "pkg search" work immediately.
Point 2, 3 and 4 sound quite "trivial", I think, it is more of whether it
is the right way to do.
For step 1 I provide a "minimal ports tree" with all what's needed to
compile pkg. See below for details.
I suggest it after my own install experience for FreeBSD 10.0. I am a
sysadmin who is using the ports collection for our servers,
whoever, this time I wanted to try a binary install for a desktop, I found
it too cumbersome, as a novice I would have given up..
Sitting in the office (and behind a firewall and having a proxy) I wanted
to setup a new desktop.
Shiny new pkg tools - better than apt.. cool! Yes, it works well, much
better than the old stuff. Thanks!
Okay, do I need ports? No (I think - I want binaries). I just use pkg
afterwards. Good.
Problem 1: pkg is just the stub.. and wants to get it from a FreeBSD
server.. well - stuck (the firewall)
Well, I guess "http_proxy=..; export http_proxy" may help - yes, it does.
(But I am a sysadmin - what if I do not have this knowledge?)
Problem 2: "pkg search perl" - nothing.
Google, google.. okay, the announcement and writing a repository
configuration.
Problem 3: ""pkg search perl" - still no output.
pkg repo/upgrade/update/updating.. all: no.
Looking at the repo website: Yes, it's there.
"pkg install 0verkill" (the first package I see - magic, it downloads the
repository content and more, and now "pkg search" and others work!
Thay are all problems you can solve. But I do not think they should be the
first FreeBSD experience.
Another mailing list member had a similar disappointing start with FreeBSD
10.
Hence the suggestion above.
What do you think?
Sorry if I am stirring the pot again.. I found some "mails related to the
pkg stub but I did not find something similar to my suggestion.
I am happy for any other way that may prevent an experience as I just had.
Here my workaround to bootstrap ppkg locally (tested for FreeBSD 9):
1. create_pkg_bootstrap.sh
# Creates bootstrap package used by add_packages.sh
# Assumes succesful pkg build in ports tree
# Parameter: pkg name (pkg-${version})
if [ "X${1}" = "X" ]; then
echo "Please specify pkg name (pkg-version)"
exit 1
fi
cd /usr/ports
rm -f /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg/work/.install_done.pkg._usr_local
tar -czf /usr/ports/packages/$1.tgz ports-mgmt/pkg Mk \
Templates/BSD.local.dist Tools/scripts/security-check.awk
2. Use the pkg tar ball to install pkg
bootstrap_pkg()
{
echo "Bootstrap pkg"
tmp_ports_dir=`mktemp -d /tmp/${APP}.ports.XXXXXX`
cd ${tmp_ports_dir}
tar -xzvf /usr/ports/packages/pkg*.tgz
cd ports-mgmt/pkg
make install PORTSDIR=${tmp_ports_dir}
echo "Packages installed: "
pkg info -a
rm -rf ${tmp_ports_dir}
}
I am pretty sure that may need some polish before it can grace an official
installation CD (or there is something better).. but it may be a starting
point.
Regards
Peter
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