4.4. Using pkg for Binary Package Management pkg is the next generation replacement for the traditional FreeBSD package management tools, offering many features that make dealing with binary packages faster and easier. For sites wishing to only use prebuilt binary packages from the FreeBSD mirrors, managing packages with pkg can be sufficient. However, for those sites building from source or using their own repositories, a separate will be needed. Since pkg only works with binary packages, it is not a replacement for such tools. Those tools can be used to install software from both binary packages and the Ports Collection, while pkg installs only binary packages.

Dec 20, 2014  The main goal of this package evolution was writing a package that only uses native functions of pfsense 2.0 instead of file hacks and table manipulation.

Note: Not all FreeBSD versions and architectures support this bootstrap process. The current list is at.

For other cases, pkg must instead be installed from the Ports Collection or as a binary package. To bootstrap the system, run: # /usr/sbin/pkg You must have a working Internet connection for the bootstrap process to succeed. Otherwise, to install the port, run: # cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg # make # make install clean When upgrading an existing system that originally used the older pkg_* tools, the database must be converted to the new format, so that the new tools are aware of the already installed packages. Once pkg has been installed, the package database must be converted from the traditional format to the new format by running this command: # pkg2ng. Note: The package database conversion may emit errors as the contents are converted to the new version. Install qt webkit on centos 7. Generally, these errors can be safely ignored.

However, a list of software that was not successfully converted is shown after pkg2ng finishes. These applications must be manually reinstalled. To ensure that the Ports Collection registers new software with pkg instead of the traditional packages database, FreeBSD versions earlier than 10. X require this line in /etc/make.conf: WITH_PKGNG= yes By default, pkg uses the binary packages from the FreeBSD package mirrors (the repository). For information about building a custom package repository, see. Additional pkg configuration options are described in. Usage information for pkg is available in the manual page or by running pkg without additional arguments.

Each pkg command argument is documented in a command-specific manual page. To read the manual page for pkg install, for example, run either of these commands: # pkg help install # man pkg-install The rest of this section demonstrates common binary package management tasks which can be performed using pkg.

Each demonstrated command provides many switches to customize its use. Refer to a command's help or man page for details and more examples.

4.4.3. Installing and Removing Packages To install a binary package use the following command, where packagename is the name of the package to install: # pkg install packagename This command uses repository data to determine which version of the software to install and if it has any uninstalled dependencies. For example, to install curl: # pkg install curl Updating repository catalogue /usr/local/tmp/All/curl-7.31.0_1.txz 100% of 1181 kB 1380 kBps 00m01s /usr/local/tmp/All/ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1.txz 100% of 288 kB 1700 kBps 00m00s Updating repository catalogue The following 2 packages will be installed: Installing ca_root_nss: 3.15.1_1 Installing curl: 7.31.0_1 The installation will require 3 MB more space 0 B to be downloaded Proceed with installing packages [y/N]: y Checking integrity. Done [1/2] Installing ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1. Done [2/2] Installing curl-7.31.0_1.

Done Cleaning up cache files.Done The new package and any additional packages that were installed as dependencies can be seen in the installed packages list: # pkg info ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1 The root certificate bundle from the Mozilla Project curl-7.31.0_1 Non-interactive tool to get files from FTP, GOPHER, HTTP(S) servers pkg-1.1.4_6 New generation package manager Packages that are no longer needed can be removed with pkg delete. For example: # pkg delete curl The following packages will be deleted: curl-7.31.0_1 The deletion will free 3 MB Proceed with deleting packages [y/N]: y [1/1] Deleting curl-7.31.0_1. 4.4.6. Automatically Removing Unused Packages Removing a package may leave behind dependencies which are no longer required.