Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:47:32 -0700 From: "Edward Sanford Sutton, III" <mirror176@hotmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chromium availability. Message-ID: <SA1PR11MB8811349D81C3CF8363205DBBE6D32@SA1PR11MB8811.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <607193a67021adcc9218e2d2a686ab7cc977a69b.camel@telaman.net.au> References: <623f7f87d03ca605fa0d7b7ca379259060fc9948.camel@telaman.net.au> <27a7a746-6788-4d0f-8db2-d09495e519f5@palaceofretention.ca> <a4c6e2a28b725865d3a3b623713a00bbee9dfb05.camel@telaman.net.au> <4cc52e97-de21-47e2-baac-275d12aed1b5@palaceofretention.ca> <418ae9091e90abaf0f9ea6dbf70b72f45068000f.camel@telaman.net.au> <ccdb2283-7620-454b-bea7-57282816de7e@palaceofretention.ca> <607193a67021adcc9218e2d2a686ab7cc977a69b.camel@telaman.net.au>
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On 8/4/26 20:22, David wrote:
> On Tue, 2026-08-04 at 19:59 -0700, Mark G. wrote:
>> On 8/4/26 19:35, David wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2026-08-04 at 19:31 -0700, Mark G. wrote:
>>>> On 8/4/26 19:26, David wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 2026-08-04 at 18:56 -0700, Mark G. wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/4/26 18:51, David wrote:
>>>>>>> Hullo,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Newby trying to install chromium on FreeBSD here: `pkg
>>>>>>> install
>>>>>>> chromium', but keep getting the reply: `pkg: No packages
>>>>>>> available
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> install matching 'chromium' have been found in the
>>>>>>> repositories'.
>>>>>>> Have done a couple of online searches for info, but nothing
>>>>>>> apparent
>>>>>>> pops up.
>>>>>>> What am I doing wrong, here?
>>>>>>> Thanking you for any time and trouble.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A data point, I can see it on 15.1p2:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mv@yt:~ % pkg repos
>>>>>> FreeBSD-ports: {
>>>>>> url :
>>>>>> "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest",
>>>>>> enabled : yes,
>>>>>> priority : 0,
>>>>>> mirror_type : "SRV",
>>>>>> signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
>>>>>> fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> FreeBSD-ports-kmods: {
>>>>>> url :
>>>>>> "pkg+
>>>>>> https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_latest_1",
>>>>>> enabled : yes,
>>>>>> priority : 0,
>>>>>> mirror_type : "SRV",
>>>>>> signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
>>>>>> fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> FreeBSD-base: {
>>>>>> url :
>>>>>> "pkg+
>>>>>> https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_1",
>>>>>> enabled : no,
>>>>>> priority : 0,
>>>>>> mirror_type : "SRV",
>>>>>> signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
>>>>>> fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> mv@yt:~ % pkg search chromium
>>>>>> chromium-150.0.7871.186 Google web browser based on
>>>>>> WebKit
>>>>>> chromium-bsu-0.9.16.1_4 Arcade-style, top-scrolling
>>>>>> space
>>>>>> shooter
>>>>>> mv@yt:~ % uname -a
>>>>>> FreeBSD yt.palaceofretention.ca 15.1-RELEASE-p2
>>>>>> FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE-p2 releng/15.1-n283596-aadd58dddcbc
>>>>>> GENERIC
>>>>>> amd64
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, getting there.
>>>>> If I do a pkg search, I only get the game, not the browser.
>>>>>
>>>>> `root@freebsd1:~ # pkg search chromium
>>>>> chromium-bsu-0.9.16.1_4 Arcade-style, top-scrolling
>>>>> space
>>>>> shooter'
>>>>>
>>>>> So, what's stopping pkg update and upgrade from installing the
>>>>> browser?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Note that my 'pkg repos' command showed that I am using "latest",
>>>> perhaps you are using "quarterly" and there may have been a
>>>> build failure.
>>>>
>>>> What does your 'pkg repos' say and what is your OS version?
>>>
>>> Quarterly.
>>>
>>> `root@freebsd1:~ # pkg repos
>>> FreeBSD: {
>>> url :
>>> "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly",
>>> enabled : yes,
>>> priority : 0,
>>> mirror_type : "SRV",
>>> signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
>>> fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
>>> }
>>> FreeBSD-kmods: {
>>> url :
>>> "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_quarterly_3",
>>> enabled : yes,
>>> priority : 0,
>>> mirror_type : "SRV",
>>> signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
>>> fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
>>> }'
>>>
>>> I'm still hunting through the FreeBSD handbook to find out how to
>>> establish the OS version.
>>
>>
>> There are a couple of ways:
>>
>> uname -a
>> freebsd-version
>>
>> The output of your 'pkg repos' suggests you are running
>> 14.3, which is out of support, I believe. See:
>>
>> https://www.freebsd.org/releases/
>>
>> for information on OS versions and their support timelines.
>>
>> If 14.3 is out of support, packages are likely not being
>> newly built for it. This is just me guessing though.
>>
>> Having said that...
>>
>> I am running 14.4-RELEASE-p8, on another system and see
>> that chromium is missing from "latest" and "quarterly"
>> (I am just showing quarterly below, switching to latest
>> gives the same results):
>>
>> root@think:~ # freebsd-version
>> 14.4-RELEASE-p8
>>
>> root@think:~ # pkg repos
>> FreeBSD: {
>> url :
>> "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly",
>> enabled : yes,
>> priority : 0,
>> mirror_type : "SRV",
>> signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
>> fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
>> }
>> FreeBSD-kmods: {
>> url :
>> "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_quarterly_4",
>> enabled : yes,
>> priority : 0,
>> mirror_type : "SRV",
>> signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
>> fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
>> }
>> root@think:~ # pkg search chromium
>> chromium-bsu-0.9.16.1_4 Arcade-style, top-scrolling space
>> shooter
>>
>> I can't really help further from here. I actually build
>> my own repositories using poudriere. Chromium takes a whopping
>> 33+ hours to build. ;-)
>
> Yes, an upgrade looks like being in order.
> I only need Chromium to cater to one site to watch video replays as it
> doesn't cater to Firefox's html5 player capabilities.
> I think a little bit of standardisation is required there.
> It's getting to the point where everybody is now putting out a new
> definition of it.
> Thanks to everybody for the help.
> I should be right from here on in.
A few alternatives to consider...
Other Chromium forks- may track different versions and dependencies
so may be broken/unbroken at different times:
www/ungoogled-chromium, www/iridium, any number of browsers based on
www/qt6-webengine.
Linux Chromium variants- They are not built for FreeBSD so FreeBSD
build failures do not impact their availability and compatibility+bugs
will likely vary from native built versions:
www/linux-chrome, www/linux-brave
You could see if www/yt-dlp or other tools are available to directly
download the content to view without the complexity and bloat of a
modern web browser. Though many sites will interpret by merely passing
teh URL (in quotes to avoid shell processing), some pages may require
you examine resources to find the link to the video stream itself to
point the program at.
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