update ports from a file

[Mr Anderson]

Hi Paul

First of all, In my scenario I dont have internet connection and I am doing
the installations from scratch. So, I first update ports manually, and now I
CAN INSTALL packages by hand. I know it is not the ideal, but my network
card works only  for Windows. I am not a server administrator , I am only a
student who whish to learn more about freeBSD.

So, as I am able to install more ports packages, I am installing more
software, but I noticed those messages (everytime I install something with
portinstall)

 cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade
 [missing key: categories] [Updatting the portsdb <format:dbd_btree> in
 /usr/ports ... - 17674 port entries found
 .... 1000 ... 2000 ....   17000.....  done]
 missing key : categories: Cannot read the portsdb!
 database file error

an I am not sure how to get rid of them

Thank you for your support


Alberto


On 9/26/07, Paul Ooi Cong Jen <paul at takizo.com> wrote:
>
> btw, you need internet connection for port installation. else can try
> pkg_add media from ROM
>
> then try run
> sh> portsnap fetch
> sh> portsnap extract
>
> then you will see portupgrade is actually in
> sh> cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade
>
> the port tree has been updated for portupgrade
>
> Regards,
> Paul Ooi Cong Jen
> http://www.takizo.com/blog
>
> Mr Anderson wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > Well, I could find a CD/DVD updated of FreeBSD. Well, I decided to
> continue
> > manually. I download the last ports.tar.gz file. I unpacked to
> /usr/ports.
> > :)
> > Then I tried the following and message said about can't cd to
> > systutils/portupgrade (is that fine?)
> >
> > #portversion
> > cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade
> > .....
> > and then try to download an index file, but as I dont have internet
> > connection, it start to
> > updateing the ports index....
> >
> >
> > After it finished I tried
> >
> > #portversion
> > cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade
> > [missing key: categories] [Updatting the portsdb <format:dbd_btree> in
> > /usr/ports ... - 17674 port entries found
> > .... 1000 ... 2000 ....   17000.....  done]
> > missing key : categories: Cannot read the portsdb!
> > database file error
> > db41
> > expat
> > ... the show the lis of pakages
> >
> > So,  what is wrong with the database? and also
> > [missing key: categories]   ?
> > cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade  ???
> >
> > How can I fixed those?
> >
> > Anderson
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/19/07, Simon Barner < barner at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> Mr Anderson wrote:
> >>> Hello
> >>>
> >>> I have been using FreeBSD in the Univ recently and quite interesting.
> I
> >>> decided to installed FreeBSD 6.2 in my laptop (I dont have internet
> >>> connection) and now I want to install apache and other software. So, I
> >>> downloaded  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz
> >> and
> >>> copy to my laptop to update ports.
> >>> How do I update ports from the
> >>> file? Right now, I have an old version of Ports, portsnap fetch does
> not
> >>> work because I do not have internet
> >>> connection, and FreeBSD does not recognize my netowrk card reader, so
> >>> I want to do it by hand , step by step.
> >>>
> >>> Any tip how to do update? Should I just unzip the file in /usr/ports ,
> >> but
> >>> previosly delete everything???
> >> I'd mv /usr/ports /usr/ports.orig before unzipping the port. Also have
> a
> >> look at the `fetch-recursive-list' target. It allows you to generate a
> >> shell script that will download all the required distfiles for a
> specific
> >> port. E.g.
> >>
> >> cd /usr/ports/www/apache22
> >> make fetch-recursive-list
> >>
> >> If you are going for packages instead of ports, have a look at
> >> pkg_fetch(1).
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best regards / Viele Grüße,
> barner at FreeBSD.org
> >> Simon Barner
> barner at gmx.de
> >>
> >>
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