Pkg_add -r no longer working in 1.2.3

stephenw10

As the title says pkg_add -r is no longer working on my box as it's looking in the wrong place.


[1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                 
[root@fire.box]/root(3): pkg_add -r ttcp
Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.2-release/Latest/ttcp.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.2-release/Latest/ttcp.tbz' by URL

The 7.2-release directory no longer exists!
This seems like an easy fix I just don't know what it is. As you can tell I'm pretty new to bsd.
I realise you can specify the correct path manually but it's a bit tedious.
Any suggestions?

Steve

jimp

FreeBSD's package support for 7.2-release has stopped, so you need to use packages-7-stable.

It's been well documented here:
http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_Packages

As that is not officially supported, there isn't a documented way to make that easier.

Though if you check the pkg_add FreeBSD man page you'll find there is an environment variable you can set (perhaps in .profile/.tcshrc) to use an alternate URL.

stephenw10

Aha! Sorted!
I've add the following line to /root/.tcshrc

setenv PACKAGESITE "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/Latest/"

Works great. ;D

Thanks again Jim.