Re: How to use cached packages

[Mike Clarke]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:17:35 -0700
Freddie Cash  wrote:

> ​If you have the .txz/.tbz package file, then it's a simple:
> 
> # pkg install /path/to/firefox-versions-blahblah.txz

But the version in the cache could be earlier than the version that was
previously installed, in which case you might have dependency problems
if it requires earlier versions of dependencies than those already
installed on your system.

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Re: How to use cached packages

[Miroslav Lachman]

Freddie Cash wrote on 2017/04/20 22:39:

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Miroslav Lachman <000.f...@quip.cz
>wrote:

Freddie Cash wrote on 2017/04/20 22:17:

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Patrick Powell
>
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"


​Both work.  "pkg add" is there for backward compat with the old way
(pkg_add).  "pkg install" can install from remote repos or local files.
From the man pages:

​DESCRIPTION
  pkg install is used for installation of packages from package
reposito-
  ries or local archives.  Multiple package names can be specified
on the
  command line, either explicitly orby matching against package
names (or
  origins) in the repositorycatalogues using shell globbingor regular
  expressions.


DESCRIPTION
  pkg add installs packages from either a local source or a remote one.

  When installing from a remote source you need to specify the
protocol to
  use when fetching the package.


​For ease of use, "pkg install" works for everything.  :)​


I do not remember exactly why I am using pkg add. Maybe pkg install did 
not work for me in the past (when downgrading from /var/cache/pkg) or 
maybe because pkg add will not try to fetch from repo defined in 
/usr/local/etc/


Anyway good to know both works :)

Miroslav Lachman

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Re: How to use cached packages

[Freddie Cash]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Miroslav Lachman <000.f...@quip.cz> wrote:

> Freddie Cash wrote on 2017/04/20 22:17:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Patrick Powell 
>> 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"
>

​Both work.  "pkg add" is there for backward compat with the old way
(pkg_add).  "pkg install" can install from remote repos or local files.
From the man pages:

​DESCRIPTION
 pkg install is used for installation of packages from package reposito-
 ries or local archives.  Multiple package names can be specified on the
 command line, either explicitly or by matching against package names
(or
 origins) in the repository catalogues using shell globbing or regular
 expressions.


DESCRIPTION
 pkg add installs packages from either a local source or a remote one.

 When installing from a remote source you need to specify the protocol
to
 use when fetching the package.


​For ease of use, "pkg install" works for everything.  :)​

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Re: How to use cached packages

[Miroslav Lachman]

Freddie Cash wrote on 2017/04/20 22:17:

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Patrick Powell 
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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Re: How to use cached packages

[Freddie Cash]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Patrick Powell 
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 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.


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How to use cached packages

[Patrick Powell]

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.


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Network and System San Diego, CA 92019
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