How to install packages from local storage?

[Ultima]

Sorry, /var/cache/pkg, not db.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Ultima <ultima1252 at gmail.com> wrote:

> When a package is downloaded, it is stored in /var/db/pkg, If all the
> labtops have the same mountpoint in /var/db/pkg, when one downloads a
> package it will appear there for all the labtops. This dir is checked
> before downloading the pkg.
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Manish Jain <bourne.identity at hotmail.com
> > wrote:
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>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Ultima <ultima1252 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Another solution, though I have not tried this, have the labtops mount a
>> nfs on /var/cache/pkg they will share the pkg's they download, though it
>> may not be the best or safest solution.
>>
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>> Does that mean (presuming /var/cache/pkg on all laptops is mounted via
>> NFS to somewhere on the network), I just have to run 'pkg install gnome3'
>> and the gnome3 pkg will be accessed from /var/cache/pkg rather than being
>> downloaded ?
>>
>> If that works, then why not just copy local.sqlite (I think this is
>> /var/db/pkg) on the first system, and paste it on the other laptops ?
>>
>> I also see that pkg has a command 'add'. What is that for ?
>>
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