Nothing in /usr/ports
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Aggravating_Page435 · 2021-05-03 15:45

Hello folks.

I did freebsd 13.0 installation. During base Install I did not keep my
internet on so it download base cli system on my pc. I am using cd
iso.

My PKG is configured properly and my internet is working too.

Yesterday, I typed

"Portsnap fetch"

It did download a file and verify it. But process keep in going with
no stdout coming for whole half hour, so I terminated it with ctrl+c.

Now today, I am doing "portsnap fetch" but nothing is happening. It
checks for mirror but it did not download file like yesterday. It did
not Verify anything and it hangs like yesterday so I did control-c
again today.

I did not do any other configurations as such.

So, can I directly download ports manually without using portsnap? Or
do I make fresh install again? Or it is downloaded and do I have to
just type "portsnap extract"?

Thank you this subreddit for always be helpful.

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DotaOnFreeBSD · 2021-05-03 16:06

If the fetch was completed you just extract it and it should show up
in ports Else you can manually configure it from the github page

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[deleted] · 2021-05-03 16:16

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FUZxxl · 2021-05-03 17:23

Apart from using Portsnap, I strongly recommend using git for keeping
ports.  This makes updating easier and allows you to check out the
quarterly branch (which portsnap does not support).  Try this as root:

    cd /usr/ports
    git clone --shallow -b 2021Q2 https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git .

This clones the current quarterly branch into `/usr/ports`.  To update
it, type

    cd /usr/ports
    git pull

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Aggravating_Page435 · 2021-05-03 18:11

I am talking of file that got downloaded. It is compressed file. I did
not see any file in /usr/ports. I did not remember file name but it is
89 mb of size. I have suspicious that this size is too small to have
port collection in it. Any way that file is nowhere to be seen.

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Aggravating_Page435 · 2021-05-03 18:11

I will try this. Thank you :)

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Aggravating_Page435 · 2021-05-03 18:11

Okay thanks.

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wizzzarrd · 2021-05-03 19:35

This is such a good idea, I’m stealing this!

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Get0utCl0wn · 2021-05-03 23:48

Running "portsnap auto" seems to work here...unless I'm missing
something.

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Aggravating_Page435 · 2021-05-04 03:06

I did not see any auto in handbook page of freebsd. Still I will try
it. Thanks.

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AGodThatCanDance · 2021-05-04 14:49

It's downloaded elsewhere (`/var/db/portsnap`), so all you are/were
missing is `portsnap extract`.

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Aggravating_Page435 · 2021-05-05 03:01

Okay. I will see if it is there or not. Thank you.

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grahamperrin · 2021-05-07 18:19

### gitup

https://www.freshports.org/net/gitup/

`gitup ports`