Re: Bootstrap pkg on a disconnected system

freebsd.tug890@passmail.net writes:

> Le dimanche 3 août 2025 à 20:57, Pat <cli_junkie@protonmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> 
>> 
>> I have an older laptop that I was playing around with, and installed
>> FreeBSD 13.2 from a previously burned DVD. I can't use `pkg add` to add
>> a package because `pkg` has not been bootstrapped. But the bootstrap
>> process insists on connecting to a remote repo.
>> 
>> I see the `pkg` package available on the DVD at
>> /packages/FreeBSD:13:amd64/All/pkg-1.19.1_1.pkg. If that can be used,
>> how do I bootstrap the pkg system first?
>> 
>> I can connect a USB interface, but am curious to know if this can be
>> done.
>> 
>> Thanks and regards,
>> Pat
>
> Hi,
>
> The process is described in the Handbook https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#pkgng-initial-setup
>
> As written in the Handbook, an Internet connection must be set to succeed the pkg bootstrap process.
>
> The command used to install a package is:
> # pkg install <packagename>
>
> HTH,
> Alexandre

That handbook link doesn't seem very clear to me, but the base pkg does
know enough to install a local package for pkg.  You can use the one
from the DVD as you say, or you can use 'pkg fetch pkg' from another
system to get it.  The base system has a manpage for pkg(7) which
contains the options the base version handles.  That option may not be
available for older versions of the base system, so the pkg(7) manpage
should tell you if it handles that.

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