On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:02:19 +0200, you wrote:
>On 2014-10-10 19:43, scratch65...@att.net wrote:
>>
>> 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]~>
>>
>
>There is a architecture mismatch, your pkg claims to be a 9.x package and your
>repo wants to install 8.x packages.
>I suspect this is a upgraded system that has maunualy changes in the repo file.
>
>Locate the file "/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf" and make sure it looks like the
>following lines (the variable ${ABI} instead "freebsd:8:x86:64")
>(it is possible a correct copy exists in /usr/src/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf)
>
>FreeBSD: {
> url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest";,
> mirror_type: "srv",
> signature_type: "fingerprints",
> fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
> enabled: yes
>}
>
>
>after fixing the repo run
>$ pkg update -f
I had it as ${ABI} to begin with, but had no luck that way either
(see below). Then I changed it, unaware that that first 8 was
the version, or even that there are o/s version-dependent
versions of pkg.
14:25 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]/etc/pkg> cat FreeBSD.conf
FreeBSD: {
url: "pkg+http://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest";,
enabled: true,
signature_type: "fingerprints",
fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
mirror_type: "srv"
}
14:25 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]/etc/pkg> pkg update -f
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
14:25 Fri, 10 Oct [momcat:root]/etc/pkg>
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