From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 11:34:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6BB106566B for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:34:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 362B68FC12 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:34:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i2so1780256mue.3 for ; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:34:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GqJjmVZNCiPW+mwZ5azE8tD9PKy7tmbNyIhnFETzpU4=; b=wDNL+MMq0jXz14nEuQVaq8RMX5v59bv1zBhe3gewl0hCLyX3Dv1z68Hog539/DmWfr cp4cVEGbL0Iec9os6B/mJOhWq+A9tIR00iK73plUlA/POo2lI6EncTdQA8AmP1wuofGY 2qtJy8uItXGG+tRfADh8YFOn1kt0nngmOiJ5g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oijIe0kKZ7zuU8wwJzc8BQeuxGlqJgQ5TXgr617bZLFpTbdVTR62g85VDtiPEt+i7P qWvoAoQ7DTqWf7wBX462OuQMdzSt2a4ipfNhvK8WSQiAxjhRAMFK9WGWHPIFAJq+0sfO iVeJUUA3PEM7FbA+Dau+KRB5m5StpIledoqbc= Received: by 10.103.18.19 with SMTP id v19mr5530605mui.113.1217849689381; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:34:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from joshua.freebsdgr.org ( [79.130.57.113]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s10sm1852322muh.10.2008.08.04.04.34.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:34:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4896E955.8010407@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:34:45 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080609) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nikos Vassiliadis References: <200808041409.58825.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <200808041409.58825.nvass@teledomenet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: creating package repository for offline installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:34:52 -0000 Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to update the installed packages at home. There > are two problems: > 1) there is only dialup internet connection. That pretty > much rules out the possibility of using 'pkg_add -r' > 2) I want to use packages, because using ports will take > days and the systems are not that fast. So, I cannot > use 'make fetch-recursive' > > I would like to create a package repository with the > packages of choice, burn these to one or two CDs, > take them home, and do the installation. > > I guess I can install inside a jail the packages of choice, > are there any other options? > > Thanks in advance, Nikos > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you don't mind building the packages (on the remote system) from ports, I would suggest ports-mgmt/tinderbox Comprehensive instructions are located here: http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/ I've used it for quite some time (http://www.freebsdgr.org/tinderbox/) but lately I've dedicated a machine for package building and I am using a couple of my own simple scripts.