From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 01:50:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0782816A4CE for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:50:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpo01.icare.priv (unknown [203.78.64.148]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F14E543D1D for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:50:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from satimis@icare.com.hk) Received: from smtpi02.icare.priv ([10.11.12.45]) by smtpo01.icare.priv with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:49:57 +0800 Received: from icare.com.hk ([203.88.164.201]) by smtpi02.icare.priv with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:49:57 +0800 Message-ID: <403F12B4.3020007@icare.com.hk> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:49:40 +0800 From: Stephen Liu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040122 Debian/1.6-1 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." References: <403F0368.5020700@cpea.ro> <403F07E5.2050201@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <403F07E5.2050201@daleco.biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Feb 2004 09:49:57.0455 (UTC) FILETIME=[0F04BDF0:01C3FD17] cc: freebsd-newbies Subject: Re: freebsd without internet connection X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:50:02 -0000 Hi Kevin, I have FreeBSD 5.2 running a slow PC for test purpose. Kindly advise; 1) What steps and commands shall I apply to update/upgrade it from Internet. I am running 3M broadband. 2) Would it upgrade from source? I am a little bid nervous if it is. Because it will take lenghthy time to complete. I have had bitter experience in the past to upgrade a Gentoo box from Intenet TIA B.R. Stephen > Razvan Pop wrote: > >> hello guys, >> >> i'm using freebsd and because i liked it i installed it at home >> too. Problem is i don't have internet at home. When i'm trying to >> install a package it wants to go online. Any ideas how i could >> install packages off-line? >> > > Burn the packages to a CD at work? > > Or, use the ports system, and grab the > source tarballs at work, burn them, and > take them home. Put them in /usr/ports/distfiles, > cd /usr/ports/somedir/mynextport, type "make > install clean" .... > > Try installing portupgrade (/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade) > on the work machine. You could then do "portupgrade -F" > to fetch the source (recursively) for ports on your > home machine, or "-FP" to fetch packages.... > > Lastly, the FreeBSD Mall (and some other vendors) have > multiple CD sets that include distfiles for many major > packages and their dependencies.... > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P.