GhostBSD 3.5... which binary package manager is "official"?
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:22 am
Hello,
I'm new GhostBSD/FreeBSD user. I'm testing it in a virtual machine, so i'm interested in binary package management.
Executing bxpkg and trying to update instructs me to use it with --repo-site option:
Your system 9.1-RELEASE-p4 is unknown! Try updating bxpkg or supply repository URL with a --repo-site option
Reading the forum
http://www.ghostbsd.org/newsletter/ghos ... -available
viewtopic.php?t=12&p=43
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=9
This posts said that 3.0 may be broken using bxpkg with this option
I've executed 'pkg_add -r vim', without any environment modification, and installs it. But, I'm not sure if it is correct. I'm not sure how to update the system.
About bxPKG, if --repo-site option is not secure, how to use/configure bxpkg to manage/update packages?
Is 'Ports' then "only an secure" way of install and manage software in GhostBSD 3.5? If it's right, then the FAQ and User Handbook gives confusing instructions. New users will read the FAQ and the Handbook to install it, not the newsletters up to version 3.0.
Edit: Running the command 'pkg' instructs me to install it and run pkg2ng.
reading http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO885 ... intro.html it says that pkg is the new binary package manager with the new database format.
Then, as new GhostBSD user, I'm not sure what to do. GhostBSD Handbook only mentions 'pkg_add' and 'Ports' for installing new software, and seems than pkg_add is not compatible with new pkg. Is secure follow FreeBSD Handbook, or it may broke GhostBSD 3.5 installed system?
Thanks, again.
I'm new GhostBSD/FreeBSD user. I'm testing it in a virtual machine, so i'm interested in binary package management.
Executing bxpkg and trying to update instructs me to use it with --repo-site option:
Your system 9.1-RELEASE-p4 is unknown! Try updating bxpkg or supply repository URL with a --repo-site option
Reading the forum
http://www.ghostbsd.org/newsletter/ghos ... -available
viewtopic.php?t=12&p=43
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=9
This posts said that 3.0 may be broken using bxpkg with this option
I've executed 'pkg_add -r vim', without any environment modification, and installs it. But, I'm not sure if it is correct. I'm not sure how to update the system.
About bxPKG, if --repo-site option is not secure, how to use/configure bxpkg to manage/update packages?
Is 'Ports' then "only an secure" way of install and manage software in GhostBSD 3.5? If it's right, then the FAQ and User Handbook gives confusing instructions. New users will read the FAQ and the Handbook to install it, not the newsletters up to version 3.0.
Edit: Running the command 'pkg' instructs me to install it and run pkg2ng.
reading http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO885 ... intro.html it says that pkg is the new binary package manager with the new database format.
Then, as new GhostBSD user, I'm not sure what to do. GhostBSD Handbook only mentions 'pkg_add' and 'Ports' for installing new software, and seems than pkg_add is not compatible with new pkg. Is secure follow FreeBSD Handbook, or it may broke GhostBSD 3.5 installed system?
Thanks, again.