From nobody Wed Aug 5 01:56:20 2026 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4hFD6P28cfz6nn2H for ; Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:56:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@palaceofretention.ca) Received: from mail.vinnythegeek.ca (mail.vinnythegeek.ca [66.183.142.13]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4hFD6M66w7z4HXS for ; Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:56:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@palaceofretention.ca) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=palaceofretention.ca header.s=all-mail header.b=cxItfpWt; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fbsd.questions@palaceofretention.ca designates 66.183.142.13 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=fbsd.questions@palaceofretention.ca; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=palaceofretention.ca Received: from [192.168.60.59] (unknown [192.168.60.59]) by mail.vinnythegeek.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AE7A03FF for ; Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:56:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 mail.vinnythegeek.ca AE7A03FF DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=palaceofretention.ca; s=all-mail; t=1785894980; bh=xOHJCozYvIGBI5DHQ3xKU30dunUpfYY7x6V2Efwkdto=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=cxItfpWtra9FI7MzsZg3GLIl2GDGJCkWEhnlQ+LsC7RoCMi//A08kMqXgEs+/1cY9 Pq6Sc6yETtaVWa1MxlUd+wiBOTPSAmstnCUv62irUDQJWmpwzH3b3SSlHQAKae1y/V VNYkmdnMeRnY8qR0pcYvsopT3IjPe6n8NdR3W+u0= Message-ID: <27a7a746-6788-4d0f-8db2-d09495e519f5@palaceofretention.ca> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 18:56:20 -0700 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Chromium availability. To: questions@freebsd.org References: <623f7f87d03ca605fa0d7b7ca379259060fc9948.camel@telaman.net.au> Content-Language: en-US, en-CA From: "Mark G." In-Reply-To: <623f7f87d03ca605fa0d7b7ca379259060fc9948.camel@telaman.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.97 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.97)[-0.966]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[palaceofretention.ca,quarantine]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[palaceofretention.ca:s=all-mail]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:auth-spf.palaceofretention.ca]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:852, ipnet:66.183.0.0/16, country:CA]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[palaceofretention.ca:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4hFD6M66w7z4HXS X-Spamd-Bar: --- 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