Solved How do I pkg install from Windows?

[balanga]

I know it's a stupid question but I have a dilema... I want to install a pkg but my only access to the Internet at the moment is via a Windows PC. If I can download it I can them copy it to a FreeBSD system and install it locally, but how do I grab the package in the first place?

 

[SirDice]

Tricky since you cannot browse the directories anymore. So you need to guess the exact filename (specifically the version number). Not impossible to do but requires a little guesswork and knowing which versions are available (Freshports is quite useful for this).

 

[covacat]

sqlite3 /var/db/pkg/repo-FreeBSD.sqlite

sqlite> select name,version,path from packages where name='zzuf';
zzuf|0.13_1|All/zzuf-0.13_1.txz

you can copy the repo to the windows box/partition and use a windows sqlite3 client to get the info you need

fetch http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/zzuf-0.13_1.txz
replace 11:amd64 with your version:arch

 

[balanga]

Tricky since you cannot browse the directories anymore. So you need to guess the exact filename (specifically the version number). Not impossible to do but requires a little guesswork and knowing which versions are available (Freshports is quite useful for this).

FreshPorts -- net/isc-dhcp44-server: ISC Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server

The ISC Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Distribution provides a freely redistributable reference implementation of all aspects of the DHCP protocol, through a suite of DHCP tools: * A DHCP server (this port) * A DHCP client * A DHCP relay agent Details on versioning/release...

www.freshports.org

 

[datasmurf]

If the Windows PC can run VirtualBox (or something) you could create a FreeBSD VM (VM-IMAGES ) and then download the Packages pkg fetch $YOURPACKAGE then move the Packages from /var/cache/pkg/ to a "Shared Folder". Finally, transfer the Packages to its destination on your FreeBSD Host.

 

[T-Daemon]

Alternatively go to https://freshports.org, find your port, go to the Packages table, find the right ABI, latest, quarterly repository, version Nr, append .txz.


net/isc-dhcp44-server Packages table

https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/isc-dhcp44-server-4.4.2_1.txz

 

[kpedersen]

Is there a way to obtain a snapshot of the same ports collection that was used to build the packages of a certain quarterly? If so, then you could get the package name from that via make package-name.

Otherwise, perhaps you could download and copy across the database file onto your offline FreeBSD install?

Or just run FreeBSD in a virtual machine and download *all* packages for an offline backup. This one is most convenient in the long run (if you have the bandwidth).