From nobody Wed Aug 5 02:59:17 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 4hFFVv711Yz6JS10 for ; Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:59:19 +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 4hFFVv5kXTz3DVr for ; Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:59:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@palaceofretention.ca) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from [192.168.60.59] (unknown [192.168.60.59]) by mail.vinnythegeek.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1EE0A614; Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:59:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 mail.vinnythegeek.ca 1EE0A614 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=palaceofretention.ca; s=all-mail; t=1785898758; bh=orSDLzpGgSa2mOIgnClaDdD2jKagF9yJW7Nu8lWWvEQ=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=nLC8e01TyG51TsSSbMgeCEiOzpxPR9tWeqtAoEaTnaNVBXvUB1kJwck1CoSx7zpqA IOgkopUpyd0jBN0TzMleHT3Uf+6kyS8C86vWA+rhFCHAHtkcuF21/2nDwRJVEmb76R fSpMasyGJ5YU9rIrzELIm+3igRUxb1RweN8QqHn8= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:59:17 -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: David , questions@freebsd.org References: <623f7f87d03ca605fa0d7b7ca379259060fc9948.camel@telaman.net.au> <27a7a746-6788-4d0f-8db2-d09495e519f5@palaceofretention.ca> <4cc52e97-de21-47e2-baac-275d12aed1b5@palaceofretention.ca> <418ae9091e90abaf0f9ea6dbf70b72f45068000f.camel@telaman.net.au> Content-Language: en-US, en-CA From: "Mark G." In-Reply-To: <418ae9091e90abaf0f9ea6dbf70b72f45068000f.camel@telaman.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4hFFVv5kXTz3DVr X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:852, ipnet:66.183.0.0/16, country:CA] X-Spamd-Bar: ---- 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. ;-)