Backup and restore configurations from ports

[minimike]

Hi there

To configure all my installed and build ports from /usr/ports has taken several hours. How I could backup these settings and restore them on worst case this box or to another computers?

 

[SirDice]

Backup /var/db/ports/ and/or create packages from installed ports with pkg_create(1).

 

[graudeejs]

and/or create packages from installed ports with pkg_create(1).

Better yet, install ports-mgmt/bpkg
and run
# bpkg -B
it will backup all installed ports to /var/tmp/bpkg/

 

[draco003]

if I used the command:
[CMD=]bpkg -B[/CMD]
when I make a fresh installation what are the steps required so that I restore all the ports in the backup?

Thanks

 

[graudeejs]

You probably won't be able to install everything with single command, because you probably don't have custom FreeBSD metaport, and thus custom packages.

You will need to pkg_add packages from /var/tmp/bpkg manually.

For example

# cd /var/tmp/bpkg
# pkg_add xorg-*
# pkg_add libreoffice-*
...

and so on.

I added * where package version and archive extension is expected. Dependencies will be installed automatically.

 

[draco003]

Thanks very much

I backed it up and will tell you when I get my new HDD

 

[graudeejs]

If you simply want to use current software on other hdd, why won't you use dump & restore, if you're using UFS, or zfs send and zfs receive if you use zfs?

It's much simpler, and much safer

 

[draco003]

Thanks very much graudeejs

yes I'm using UFS and your other post about the dump & restore is amazing I'll give it a try ^^

Well done!

Draco

 

[wblock@]

Remember that backing up or copying packages doesn't copy the run-time configuration files in /usr/local/etc.

 

[draco003]

Thanks ^^

I'll also backup /usr/local/etc as well as /etc