Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:59:17 -0700 From: "Mark G." <fbsd.questions@palaceofretention.ca> To: David <freebsd@telaman.net.au>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chromium availability. Message-ID: <ccdb2283-7620-454b-bea7-57282816de7e@palaceofretention.ca> In-Reply-To: <418ae9091e90abaf0f9ea6dbf70b72f45068000f.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>
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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. ;-)
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