Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:39:48 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fetching precompiled packages for external install Message-ID: <44ljys26iz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20080819181714.fb9d5ea1.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Tue\, 19 Aug 2008 18\:17\:14 %2B0200") References: <20080819181714.fb9d5ea1.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > I'd like to know if somebody could point me to a command which allows > me to solve the following task: > > I have a machine that is not connected to the Internet. If it was, I > would use > > # pkg_add -r <package> > > to install the software I want. I have another machine with Internet > access, so I'd like to pre-fetch the packages and their dependencies > in order to put them on a CD or PD (yes, that's for real!) to transfer > them to the other machine and use pkg_add there. > > I know that it's possible to download packages one by one, but is there > a way to include all the dependencies automatically? I don't see anything direct, but the *-depends-list targets will probably get you close enough to work it out.
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