Extract src from installation media post-install?

[MattP]

I installed FreeBSD v14.3 but did not select the 'src' option.

Is there a way I can extract this from the installation media (USB)? I did have a browse but it wasn't as obvious as I had hoped (src.tar file somewhere).

I could get it from elsewhere but the install media would be definitely correct for my installation

 

[SirDice]

If I recall correctly it's in /usr/dist-files on the install media, src.tgz, it's just a compressed tarball.

But if you want an up to date source tree, a git(1) checkout will be the better option. Just make sure to switch to the correct branch for your installled version (for 14.3-RELEASE that would be releng/14.3). The version on the install media won't include the latest patches. It's the "plain" -RELEASE version.

 

[nxjoseph@]

# mount -t ufs /dev/da0s2a /media
# ls /media/usr/freebsd-dist/
base.txz        kernel.txz      MANIFEST        src.txz
kernel-dbg.txz  lib32.txz       ports.txz       tests.txz

You can download via http or git, too.

 

[SirDice]

/usr/freebsd-dist, and src.txz I was close enough from the top of my head

 

[Erichans]

I installed FreeBSD v14.3 but did not select the 'src' option.

If you do not get the source under freebsd-update(8) control, you need to update them manually; using git may also not be the most appropriate way, unless you build base from source.

FreeBSD sources (base-install) for reference may help.