Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:24:54 -0400 From: Ultima <ultima1252@gmail.com> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to install packages from local storage? Message-ID: <CANJ8om54kq2mz6E2VkOjpj5yqrmjMOFXdsmJUfnFoX%2BzG=h5WA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANJ8om4ioZrB3Z-gkuZgbfD=N3V_LcSpAju42zja3W%2BQFK1qRg@mail.gmail.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974BC447210DC5139A566A1D1040@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CADV=szUbaTcxsWuwBcvERT9F3MvN40PTDnvqrm161KT_ktq2kg@mail.gmail.com> <CANJ8om7GzJ5nfvp6PktugQKUS%2BjbrFBmPg1JiJySzGNtJ6JhCw@mail.gmail.com> <VI1PR02MB0974D7109DC09A90CF9BB84DF6040@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CANJ8om4ioZrB3Z-gkuZgbfD=N3V_LcSpAju42zja3W%2BQFK1qRg@mail.gmail.com>
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Sorry, /var/cache/pkg, not db. On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Ultima <ultima1252@gmail.com> wrote: > When a package is downloaded, it is stored in /var/db/pkg, If all the > labtops have the same mountpoint in /var/db/pkg, when one downloads a > package it will appear there for all the labtops. This dir is checked > before downloading the pkg. > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com > > wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Ultima <ultima1252@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Another solution, though I have not tried this, have the labtops mount a >> nfs on /var/cache/pkg they will share the pkg's they download, though it >> may not be the best or safest solution. >> >> >> Does that mean (presuming /var/cache/pkg on all laptops is mounted via >> NFS to somewhere on the network), I just have to run 'pkg install gnome3' >> and the gnome3 pkg will be accessed from /var/cache/pkg rather than being >> downloaded ? >> >> If that works, then why not just copy local.sqlite (I think this is >> /var/db/pkg) on the first system, and paste it on the other laptops ? >> >> I also see that pkg has a command 'add'. What is that for ? >> > >
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