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Install packages from a FreeBSD installer DVD – with neither a DVD nor a network connection (blendit.bsd.cafe)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The example below assumes that your USB drive is at /dev/da0.

Run commands as the superuser.

mkdir /media/aninstaller
mount_cd9660 /dev/da0 /media/aninstaller
mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
ee /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/aninstaller.conf
pkg bootstrap --yes -r aninstaller
pkg update --repository aninstaller
pkg rquery -r aninstaller "%o%n" | sort | less

You'll get a list of available packages. Key q to quit the pager.

Then use pkg as you normally would, but limited to the aninstaller repo. For example:

pkg install -r aninstaller firefox

Content for the aninstaller.conf file:

aninstaller: {
  url: "file:////media/aninstaller/packages/FreeBSD:14:amd64",
  REPO_AUTOUPDATE: "false",
  mirror_type: "none",
  enabled: yes
}

Important: switch from yes, to no, after temporarily using the USB drive as a source for the repo.

Some manual pages:

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Interesting, thank you for sharing this.