pkg command is used to install software in FreeBSD. To update package repo, run
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pkg update -f |
Example
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root@ok-vm:~ # pkg update -f Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... pkg: Repository FreeBSD has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database Fetching meta.txz: 100% 940 B 0.9kB/s 00:01 Fetching packagesite.txz: 100% 6 MiB 878.0kB/s 00:07 Processing entries: 100% FreeBSD repository update completed. 28776 packages processed. All repositories are up to date. root@ok-vm:~ # |
To install postfix mail server, run
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pkg install postfix |
To auto start postfix, you need to run
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sysrc postfix_enable="YES" |
You can also add postfix_enable=”YES” to /etc/rc.conf manually.
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root@ok-vm:~ # cat /etc/rc.conf hostname="ok-vm" ifconfig_hn0="DHCP" ifconfig_hn0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv" sshd_enable="YES" # Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable dumpdev="AUTO" waagent_enable="YES" root@ok-vm:~ # sysrc postfix_enable="YES" postfix_enable: -> YES root@ok-vm:~ # cat /etc/rc.conf hostname="ok-vm" ifconfig_hn0="DHCP" ifconfig_hn0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv" sshd_enable="YES" # Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable dumpdev="AUTO" waagent_enable="YES" postfix_enable="YES" root@ok-vm:~ # |
Finding Software To find package that provides a software, you can run
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pkg search -o SOFTWARE_NAME |
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