Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:22:20 +0100 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Attila GOLONCSER <agoloncser@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Using ports and pkg_add over HTTP Message-ID: <200803041422.20652.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <bf1688f00803040420j68a9eae7w27be9165f75c79c8@mail.gmail.com> References: <bf1688f00803040420j68a9eae7w27be9165f75c79c8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 04 March 2008 13:20:05 Attila GOLONCSER wrote: > is there any possible way to use the FreeBSD package management over HTTP? > I can't access FTP from my network. As I know I can install over HTTP, but > how can I use > pkg_add -r and ports over HTTP? By setting PACKAGESITE to one of the http mirrors (there aren't that many). For example: env PACKAGESITE=http://ftp2.de.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/All/ pkg_add -r your_package-ver.si.on.tbz To make this permanent, add PACKAGESITE variable to root's .profile and/or .login. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.
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