Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:17:35 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to use cached packages Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ4DBuTgpnvE1=b2N9ky5ETqr9-t50razXrPFx=bWx%2B__w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f2291104-f00e-74e4-7d31-9e0925902854@astart.com> References: <f2291104-f00e-74e4-7d31-9e0925902854@astart.com>
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On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> wrote: > I ran into a problem where I needed to reinstall a package. However, I > did not have network access to the pkg repository. I did have a system > which had all of the pkgs which I needed in the pkg cache. I can easily > copy these to the system, as well as the pkg database, etc. > > So: is there a SIMPLE way to have pkg check to see if a pkg is already i= n > the pkg cache and use that before trying to go to the repository? > > Is there a SIMPLE way to prevent pkg from trying to check the pkg > repository for an update? > > I strongly suspect that something like: > > pkg --do_not_check_for_latest_version --use_cached_pkg install firefox > > Any help on this before I tear out the three strands of hair I have left > would be appreciated. =E2=80=8BIf you have the .txz/.tbz package file, then it's a simple: # pkg install /path/to/firefox-versions-blahblah.txz =E2=80=8B =E2=80=8BI believe you can specify multiple packages on the command-line an= d it will install them all. If there are required dependencies, you'll have to specify them on the command-line as well. If you specify all the packages on the CLI, then it won't check the remote repo. There's also a flag you can add to prevent it from doing a behind-the-scenes "pkg upgrade" before the=E2=80=8B install. Ah yes, it's = -U or --no-repo-update. --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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