Solved Cannot install obs-studio

walterbyrd · Jan 6, 2026

# uname -a
FreeBSD mysys 15.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE releng/15.0-n280995-7aedc8de6446 GENERIC amd64

# pkg install obs-studio
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/All/Hashed/obs-studio-32.0.1~cf91a4c01a.pkg: Not found
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/All/Hashed/obs-studio-32.0.1~cf91a4c01a.pkg: Not found

Alain De Vos · Jan 6, 2026

maybe "pkg update -f" ?

balanga · Jan 6, 2026

walterbyrd said:
# uname -a
FreeBSD mysys 15.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE releng/15.0-n280995-7aedc8de6446 GENERIC amd64

# pkg install obs-studio
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/All/Hashed/obs-studio-32.0.1~cf91a4c01a.pkg: Not found
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/All/Hashed/obs-studio-32.0.1~cf91a4c01a.pkg: Not found

I was getting strange errors like this earlier today. I think there may have been a problem with the server.
I would try it again, and maybe change quarterly to latest.

richardtoohey2 · Jan 7, 2026

balanga said:
maybe change quarterly to latest.

Is doing that a good idea, especially just for one package? Will it try and upgrade everything other installed package from quarterly to latest as well, or will you end up with a mix of quarterly and latest packages?

I thought you should chose one or the other (quarterly or latest) and stick to it? At least if you want a quiet life.

It doesn't really say: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#quarterly-latest-branch

walterbyrd · Jan 7, 2026

Alain De Vos said:
maybe "pkg update -f" ?

Surprisingly, that seemed to work. I say surprisingly because I did a "pkg update" just before I tried to install it.
What does the -f do?

walterbyrd · Jan 7, 2026

balanga said:
I was getting strange errors like this earlier today. I think there may have been a problem with the server.
I would try it again, and maybe change quarterly to latest.

I am not sure how to change quarterly to latest. The "pkg install" decided to go with quarterly.

richardtoohey2 · Jan 7, 2026

walterbyrd said:
What does the -f do?

Code:

% man pkg-update
PKG-UPDATE(8)           FreeBSD System Manager's Manual          PKG-UPDATE(8)

NAME
     pkg update – update the local catalogues of the enabled package
     repositories
...
     -f, --force
            Force a full download of the repository catalogue without regard
            to the respective ages of the local and remote copies of the
            catalogue.
...

richardtoohey2 · Jan 7, 2026

walterbyrd said:
I am not sure how to change quarterly to latest.

The link I sent shows how to do so: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#quarterly-latest-branch

But as I posted above, I'm not sure that's wise (changing from quarterly to latest just for one package) unless you know what you are doing. (But I don't know that for a fact!)