Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:36:07 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>, Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to use cached packages Message-ID: <58F91BB7.5020008@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ4DBuTgpnvE1=b2N9ky5ETqr9-t50razXrPFx=bWx%2B__w@mail.gmail.com> References: <f2291104-f00e-74e4-7d31-9e0925902854@astart.com> <CAOjFWZ4DBuTgpnvE1=b2N9ky5ETqr9-t50razXrPFx=bWx%2B__w@mail.gmail.com>
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Freddie Cash wrote on 2017/04/20 22:17: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> > wrote: > >> I ran into a problem where I needed to reinstall a package. However, I >> did not have network access to the pkg repository. I did have a system >> which had all of the pkgs which I needed in the pkg cache. I can easily >> copy these to the system, as well as the pkg database, etc. >> >> So: is there a SIMPLE way to have pkg check to see if a pkg is already in >> the pkg cache and use that before trying to go to the repository? >> >> Is there a SIMPLE way to prevent pkg from trying to check the pkg >> repository for an update? >> >> I strongly suspect that something like: >> >> pkg --do_not_check_for_latest_version --use_cached_pkg install firefox >> >> Any help on this before I tear out the three strands of hair I have left >> would be appreciated. > > > If you have the .txz/.tbz package file, then it's a simple: > > # pkg install /path/to/firefox-versions-blahblah.txz I think it is "pkg add /var/cache/pkg/firefox-versions-blahblah.txz" > I believe you can specify multiple packages on the command-line and it > will install them all. If there are required dependencies, you'll have to > specify them on the command-line as well. If you specify all the packages > on the CLI, then it won't check the remote repo. > > There's also a flag you can add to prevent it from doing a > behind-the-scenes "pkg upgrade" before the install. Ah yes, it's -U or > --no-repo-update. Miroslav Lachman
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