Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 18:56:20 -0700 From: "Mark G." <fbsd.questions@palaceofretention.ca> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chromium availability. Message-ID: <27a7a746-6788-4d0f-8db2-d09495e519f5@palaceofretention.ca> In-Reply-To: <623f7f87d03ca605fa0d7b7ca379259060fc9948.camel@telaman.net.au>
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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
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