How to install all packages from FreeBSD DVD?
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anyracetam · 2022-06-15 17:39

I already know how to install packages "one-by-one" from DVD. But is
there a command line (such as wildcard "\*") to install **ALL**
packages from DVD?

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David_W_ · 2022-06-15 23:36

That's a pretty bad idea, and is likely impossible.  Not every port
can co-exist with every other one, and unless the DVD's choice of
which packages to ship takes that into account (which I doubt), it
can't be done.

Also it would be pretty silly; you'd get several different web
browsers, desktop environments, multiple database servers... it's not
the sort of thing one conceivably would want to do.

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smileymattj · 2022-06-15 23:46

`pkg install $pkglist`

Just ls the directory where the packages are into the pkglist
variable.  Then run the above command.

If there are any directories you may need to format or edit the list.
Or maybe use find instead of ls.

Credit:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-backup-restore-a-list-of-
installed-freebsd-packages/

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PreviousWay · 2022-06-16 17:59

I don't remember if you can mass select packages or categories easy,
but have you try through `# bsdconfig` ?

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