Questions tagged [freebsd-ports]
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How to find the download URL of a specific package/port in FreeBSD's repository?
I'm trying to find the full URL for downloading the Emby Server .txz package from FreeBSD repository, but I got no luck finding it on any search engines.
Farther I went was this FreeBSD repository ...
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pfSense - Enable ssh (port 22) access through the WAN using terminal/console/shell
We need to enable pfSense ssh (port 22) access through the WAN interface to perform certain configurations using pfSense's terminal/console/shell.
Actions already taken...
"Secure Shell (sshd)&...
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FreeBSD Ports: How can I see all dependencies for a port, and all subdependencies for those dependencies?
I'm trying to build a port which depends on apache-ant.
I thought I could run make build-depends-list to see all dependencies required by this port:
# make build-depends-list
/usr/ports/devel/apache-...
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How to configure FreeBSD to reject configuration options in the ports tree that have graphical dependencies?
I have a couple of personal-use servers on which I would like to prevent the unnecessary installation of X11, Wayland, or any other unnecessary GUI dependencies. Is there a way to configure my ...
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FreeBSD-12 IOCage modifying a jail's /root directory
What is the reason that copying .bash_profile from the host system into the /root directory of an iocage thin jail does not create a file that is visible to the root user when logged on to that jail?
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Install Java 9, 10, 11, or 12 on FreeBSD 11.1
When I look to my up-to-date Ports collection:
cd /usr/ports/java && ls -d openjdk*
… I see only versions 6, 7, and 8 of Java in the OpenJDK releases:
openjdk6 openjdk6-jre openjdk7 ...
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How to use wildcards with pkg-upgrade?
As an example, when I want to list all installed packages of php70 I can just enter:
pkg info php70\*
But I cannot use the wildcard in this for pkg upgrade:
pkg upgrade php70\*
When I do get this ...
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how can I install PHP 5.3 on FreeBSD 11.2
I have an old app written in PHP 5.3 that is not to be upgraded and doesn't work with php56 and higher.
I'd like to install PHP 5.3 with most of the extensions on FreeBSD 11.2 box.
And then I'd like ...
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Unable to connect postfix to amavisd in FreeBSD-11 jail
Attempting to send a message through Postfix on a jailed instance of FreeBSD-11 results in the following error when amavisd is configured:
/usr/local/sbin/amavisd[47180]: (!)DENIED ACCESS from IP 127....
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PHP update not recognized in Apache on FreeBSD
I'm trying to update the PHP installation on my FreeBSD machine. I ran
portsnap fetch update
cd /usr/ports/lang/php56
make reinstall
cd /usr/ports/lang/php56-extensions
make reinstall
service ...
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apache dev package installation in FreeBSD 11?
How do you install the dev package of apache24 in FreeBSD 11. It is not in the ports or in the package repositories or is it?
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What is the best way to build a port of a version that is only available in a newer version of FreeBSD?
I am currently supporting devices which are running FreeBSD 9.2, as well as 10. And I need to somehow install a newer version of archivers/libarchive than that which is available for these FreeBSD ...
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Sendmail start fails after FreeBSD pkg upgrade
In the process of updating MySQL on my FreeBSD server last week, I did a pkg upgrade and after my server rebooted itself last night, sendmail won't start:
/etc/mail # make start
Starting: ...
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FreeNAS ports/pkg not working after update to 9.10
I recently updated to FreeNAS 9.10 stable via the UI and now I'm having trouble with my packages and ports on my oldest existing portjail.
It seems the catalog won't update and I can't really install ...
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What's the best way to auto clean distfiles after using make/portupgrade in FreeBSD?
I'm playing with a FreeBSD installation inside a Virtualbox vm, and I want to keep the size of the image relatively small. How can I configure FreeBSD to clean distfiles after installing a port (using ...
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FreeBSD ports: remove build dependencies after installing port
Is there any way to remove build dependencies of the port after installing it?
Many ports use exotic tools for building and these tools are not used anymore when port is builded and installed.
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GCCVERSION not found error when installing a FreeBSD port
I am trying to install a program using port on FreeBSD 4.7. I get this error:
Couldn't find your current GCCVERSION (OSVERSION=470000)
How would you fix an error like this?
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Check ChangeLog of FreeBSD port before upgrading
Is there an easy way to check a ChangeLog of a FreeBSD port before you upgrade? For instance, I'd like to check what upgrades are mandatory before I do portmaster -ad. It would be nice to have ...
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Use default options when compiling ports
I am compiling a few ports on FreeBSD, however during the compiling process I am often greeted with options for the dependencies of the port. This causes the compiling process to pause until I select (...
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