Fetching precompiled packages for external install
Manolis Kiagias
sonic2000gr at gmail.com
Tue Aug 19 19:34:46 UTC 2008
Polytropon wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'd like to know if somebody could point me to a command which allows
> me to solve the following task:
>
> I have a machine that is not connected to the Internet. If it was, I
> would use
>
> # pkg_add -r <package>
>
> to install the software I want. I have another machine with Internet
> access, so I'd like to pre-fetch the packages and their dependencies
> in order to put them on a CD or PD (yes, that's for real!) to transfer
> them to the other machine and use pkg_add there.
>
> I know that it's possible to download packages one by one, but is there
> a way to include all the dependencies automatically?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
See this discussion in -questions a few days ago:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-August/180001.html
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