Old version of pkg install

[balanga]

How were pkgs installed in the previous version of pkg?

Was it something like pkg-install?

 

[Charlie_]

pkg_add

man.freebsd.org

 

[drhowarddrfine]

It's so weird, it wasn't that long ago, but I had to think for a bit to remember that; and I had used it for so many years.

 

[balanga]

I'm trying to work with 9.0 i386 and would like to install some pkgs from

Index of /pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/

but guess I need to direct this old version to an appropriate packages archive.

How would I do that since it is no longer supported and a simple pkg_add won't find anything.

 

[SirDice]

Try reading its man page.

       The  environment	 variable  PACKAGEROOT specifies an alternate location
       for pkg_add to fetch from.  The fetch URL is built using	this  environ-
       ment  variable and the automatic	directory logic	that pkg_add uses when
       the  -r	 option	  is   invoked.	   An	example	  setting   would   be
       "ftp://ftp3.FreeBSD.org".

       The  environment	 variable  PACKAGESITE specifies an alternate location
       for pkg_add to fetch from.  This	variable subverts the automatic	direc-
       tory logic that pkg_add uses when the -r	option is  invoked.   Thus  it
       should be a complete URL	to the remote package file(s).

 

[balanga]

Assuming I have set PACKAGESITE to http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/

how do I install mc? do I need to provide the precise package name, ie.

http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/misc/mc-4.7.5.5_1.tbz

 

[balanga]

Should I expect something like this to work?

PACKAGESITE=http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/
echo $PACKAGESITE
pkg_add misc/mc-4.7.5.5_1.tbz

 

[Beastie]

Should I expect something like this to work?

PACKAGESITE=http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/
echo $PACKAGESITE
pkg_add misc/mc-4.7.5.5_1.tbz

More like # PACKAGESITE=http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/All/ pkg_add -r mc, IIRC.
-r is for fetching (remotely) from the ftp.
You provide the full path, including the .tbz extension only when installing a package you already have locally.

Of course you can set PACKAGESITE once and for all in /.cshrc with:

setenv PACKAGESITE http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/All/