pkg cannot find kitty terminal
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jayjuicejay · 2021-06-08 13:45

So I am trying to install kitty terminal. According to FreshPorts
there should be a package for it. It was even updated as recently as
June 4th. [https://www.freshports.org/x11/kitty/](https://www.freshpor
ts.org/x11/kitty/)

However, when I go to try and install via pkg I get this error:
`pkg: No package available to install matching 'kitty' have been found
in the repositories`

Is there a special repository I need to add or anything special I need
to do that I am missing? I am new to FreeBSD so just curious why it
says it should be there, but is not there when I try on my machine.
Thanks!

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maxwalktheplanck · 2021-06-08 14:18

Are you on a less common processor architecture?

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Anopheli · 2021-06-08 14:29

When this happens to me it always means the package is failing when
FreeBSD builds the official repo. This usually resolves in a couple
days as they work through failing ports and rerun the Poudriere jobs.
I don’t see kitty in pkg either at this moment.

Alternatively, I just built kitty with 4 threads  from ports under two
minutes. Grab all the dependencies listed on Freshports, and you can
do so yourself.

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jayjuicejay · 2021-06-08 14:44

No x86\_64.

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jayjuicejay · 2021-06-08 14:44

Okay. I will maybe try and build it myself. Thanks.

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dkeav · 2021-06-08 15:13

Are you running the Quarterly pkg branch or Latest.  Most likely the
package was added after the last Quarterly build series and will be in
the next one.

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jayjuicejay · 2021-06-08 15:37

I am unsure. I am just using whatever the default is. I am on FreeBSD
13.0-RELEASE. Is there a way to change to pkg branch Latest?

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jayjuicejay · 2021-06-08 15:44

Yes I was on Quarterly. I changed it in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf to
latest and kitty was now available. Are there any downsides to using
Latest instead of Quarterly?

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dkeav · 2021-06-08 16:05

The  main downside is the risk of updating at a time when a package
may be broken.  Quarterly updates more slowly aside from security
updates, but is more likely to "just work".

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obiwac · 2021-06-08 19:18

Sorry for not being of any use, but I was literally wondering where it
was just a couple hours before your post too lol

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clumsyKnife · 2021-06-08 20:29

That must be it. I wrote the port and it was accepted on May, 15th :)

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grahamperrin · 2021-06-09 00:24

Thanks.

https://portsfallout.com/fallout?port=x11%2Fkitty%24 no recorded
fallout for your architecture at the time of writing.

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grahamperrin · 2021-06-09 00:26

>  I don’t see kitty in pkg either

It's a relatively recent addition to ports
https://www.freshports.org/x11/kitty/#history not yet in quarterly
https://www.freshports.org/x11/kitty/#packages