On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:30:18 +0200, you wrote:

>On 2014-10-10 19:13, scratch65...@att.net wrote:
>> I'm having quite a lot of trouble converting to pkg due to there
>> being no obvious source of accurate documentation.   I got this
>> after I thought I had it solved and could install something:
>> 
>> 11:36 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]~> pkg install firefox
>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
>> pkg: Repository FreeBSD has a wrong packagesite, need to
>> re-create database
>> Fetching meta.txz: 100%   968 B   1.0k/s    00:01    
>> pkg: Error loading trusted certificates
>> pkg: repository FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings
>> Fetching digests.txz: 100%    2 MB 119.8k/s    00:17    
>> pkg: Error loading trusted certificates
>> pkg: Unable to update repository FreeBSD
>> All repositories are up-to-date.
>> pkg: Repository FreeBSD has a wrong packagesite, need to
>> re-create database
>> pkg: Repository FreeBSD cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
>> Updating database digests format: 100%
>> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'firefox' have
>> been found in the repositories
>> 
>> 
>> Just for the record, could someone knowledgeable please post the
>> real, current list of required config files and their contents OR
>> a pointer to known-good+complete documentation?
>> 
>> Thanks!  
>
>Please show us the following output
>$ pkg info pkg


[momcat:root]~> pkg info pkg
pkg-1.3.8_3
Name           : pkg
Version        : 1.3.8_3
Installed on   : Fri Oct 10 07:57:56 EDT 2014
Origin         : ports-mgmt/pkg
Architecture   : freebsd:9:x86:64
Prefix         : /usr/local
Categories     : ports-mgmt
Licenses       : BSD2CLAUSE
Maintainer     : port...@freebsd.org
WWW            : http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng
Comment        : Package manager
Shared Libs provided:
        libpkg.so.3
Flat size      : 8.18MiB
Description    :
Package management tool

WWW: http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng


>
>and from next command everything from "Repositories:" to the end (last ~10 
>lines)
>$ pkg -vv

 
 Repositories:
  FreeBSD: { 
    url             :
"pkg+http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:8:x86:64/latest";,
    enabled         : yes,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
 13:41 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]~> 


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