How i install the source code in FreeBSD?

[SuperuserRoot]

I installed on my pc, FreeBSD 12.2 with xfce, when I type in the command

cd / usr / src / release

the message appears saying that the release directory does not exist, when I entered the file manager the src folder was empty, as do I download the source code?

 

[PMc]

See the handbook:

If /usr/src/ does not exist or it is empty, source has not been installed. Source can be installed using Subversion and the instructions in Section A.3, “Using Subversion”.

 

[wolffnx]

I installed on my pc, FreeBSD 12.2 with xfce, when I type in the command

cd / usr / src / release

the message appears saying that the release directory does not exist, when I entered the file manager the src folder was empty, as do I download the source code?

you are using that cd sintax? or just for the example?

 

[a6h]

ls /usr/src
? If you have it, then you have it. If you don't:

mkdir /usr/src
pkg install security/ca_root_nss
svnlite checkout https://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/12.2 /usr/src

Update:
svnlite update /usr/src

Clean-up (after failure: disconnected/interrupt):
svnlite cleanup /usr/src

Status:
svnlite status /usr/src

Info
svnlite info /usr/src

[EDIT] Correcting a mistake: unlock => cleanup

 

[SuperuserRoot]

ls /usr/src
? If you have it, then you have it. If you don't:

mkdir /usr/src
pkg install security/ca_root_nss
svnlite checkout https://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/12.2 /usr/src

Update:
svnlite update /usr/src

Unlock (after disconnected/interrupt):
svnlite unlock /usr/src

Status:
svnlite status /usr/src

Info
svnlite info /usr/src

It work!?

 

[ybungalobill]

For future googlers: since FreeBSD 13.0 switched to git, one would get the sources following the instructions in https://freebsdfoundation.org/updating-freebsd-from-git/:

# pkg install git
# git clone -b releng/13.0 https://git.freebsd.org/src.git /usr/src

 

[scottro]

Or use gitup which is much smaller, and used just to pull sources and ports. First check your /usr/local/etc/gitup.conf set the release to what you wish (the default, last I checked was 11.4) and then just type
gitup release

 

[Alain De Vos]

I do a

git clone -o freebsd -b releng/13.0  https://git.FreeBSD.org/src.git    /usr/src

Followed by a regular

cd /usr/src
git pull --rebase

 

[Deleted member 30996]

During the Base System installation process at the "Distribution Select" screen choose:

src

 

[Cath O'Deray]

It work!

Thanks, you can add the Solved prefix to your thread. Use the edit submenu, near top right.

 

[rotor]

Thank-you for the last few comments on this thread.

They were exactly what I was looking for.

I was able to download the source code for the 14.2 version, as I wanted.

I now have written a script for future use.

thx.

 

[ShelLuser]

Thank-you for the last few comments on this thread.

They were exactly what I was looking for.

I somewhat doubt that, keep in mind that this thread is very dated and so are some of its comments.

When in doubt... why not pull up the handbook? Not only does it explain how to configure things, it also tells you how to grab the source.

 

[rotor]

I somewhat doubt that, keep in mind that this thread is very dated and so are some of its comments.

When in doubt... why not pull up the handbook? Not only does it explain how to configure things, it also tells you how to grab the source.

I saw the age of the early comments. That aside, the last few about git did, as I said, what I needed.

Thanks, though, for that reference to the Handbook to grab the source. I had looked through the Handbook before I started looking here for the info I needed.

Unfortunately, I was looking in the index for ~source code~, and not ~Git~. So I did not see the Git reference in Appendix A.

Thanks again for that reference. Bookmarked.