I don't attempt to keep track of either system, but both of them came up in a recent discussion about 32-bit security updates:
At https://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsddvd14.1:
… How to install packages from the disc: …
Plus, there's a simpler, three-step routine if using the medium (not necessarily a disc) after installation of the OS – before exiting the installer.
- In the Manual Configuration dialogue, choose Yes
/bin/cshsetenv REPOS_DIR /dist/packages/repos
– then use pkg commands as normal.
You'll have the DVD repo alone – with an archaic name, FreeBSD_install_cdrom – none of the online repos. This offline repo includes things such as graphics/drm-515-kmod, but not things such as x11/nvidia-driver. We can't have everything offline in this way, DVD image space is constrained.
When you want no more from the offline DVD repo:
exit
– then, if an Internet connection was gained during installation, online repos will be available.
Install packages from a FreeBSD installer DVD – with neither a DVD nor a network connection
Related: Write to a USB drive from the URL of a compressed disc image.
The example below assumes that your USB drive is at /dev/da0.
Run commands as the superuser.
mkdir /media/aninstallermount_cd9660 /dev/da0 /media/aninstallermkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/reposee /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/aninstaller.confpkg bootstrap --yes -r aninstallerpkg update --repository aninstallerpkg rquery -r aninstaller "%o%n" | sort | less
You'll get a list of available packages. Key q to quit the pager.
Then use pkg as you normally would, but limited to the aninstaller repo. For example:
pkg install -r aninstaller firefox
----
Content for the aninstaller.conf file:
aninstaller: { url: "file:////media/aninstaller/packages/FreeBSD:14:amd64", REPO_AUTOUPDATE: "false", mirror_type: "none", enabled: yes }
Important: switch from yes, to no, after temporarily using the USB drive as a source for the repo.
----
Some manual pages:
Write to a USB drive from the URL of a compressed disc image
Use the output from the third command to determine which number – not 99 – must be set in the fourth command.
tcshsu -geom disk listsetenv dadevicenumber 99setenv remotesumfile https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.1/CHECKSUM.SHA512-FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64setenv localsumfile ./CHECKSUM.SHA512-FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64setenv remoteimage https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.1/FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.xzsetenv localimage ./FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.xzcd /tmp && fetch $remotesumfile && fetch -v $remoteimage -o $localimage && setenv image512 `openssl sha512 $localimage | cut -w -f2` ; grep $image512 $localsumfile && xzcat $localimage | dd bs=1m status=progress of=/dev/da$dadevicenumberexitexit
Hint:
- triple-click to select a paragraph.
The example above uses the ⋯dvd1.iso.xz file (compressed DVD image) for FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE on AMD64, which:
- does not require a DVD
- includes packages for popular software such as KDE Plasma, SDDM, and Mozilla Firefox.
More images at <https://download.freebsd.org/>, although please note that README.TXT files are outdated.
Manual pages:
Note:
% strings /usr/bin/xzcat | grep terminal Compressed data cannot be written to a terminal Compressed data cannot be read from a terminal %
Fluent Reader: electron28 running, application not visible
<https://github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader#build-from-source> suggests npm run electron, which does not work, so I tried:
electron28 ./dist/electron.js
```text % pkg iinfo electron electron28-28.3.3 % npm run electron
> [email protected] electron > electron ./dist/electron.js
/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron/index.js:17 throw new Error('Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again'); ^
Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again at getElectronPath (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron/index.js:17:11) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron/index.js:21:18) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1358:14) at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1416:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1208:32) at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1024:12) at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1233:19) at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:18) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1358:14)
Node.js v20.14.0 % electron28 ./dist/electron.js [77731:0630/191651.898667:ERROR:nss_util.cc(357)] After loading Root Certs, loaded==false: NSS error code: -8018 App threw an error during load Error: Error: font-list can not run on freebsd. at 4538 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:129827) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 5807 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:158974) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 9465 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:163890) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 3571 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:153054) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189963 at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189972) A JavaScript error occurred in the main process Uncaught Exception: Error: Error: font-list can not run on freebsd. at 4538 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:129827) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 5807 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:158974) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 9465 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:163890) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 3571 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:153054) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189963 at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189972) Gtk-Message: 19:16:52.450: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" load: 3.01 cmd: electron 77733 [uwait] 144.52r 0.08u 0.02s 0% 122628k ```
As far I can tell, the Gtk-Message is negligible.
Can anyone tell/guess why a window does not appear?
ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD
Thanks to aiz.wallenstein in FreeBSD Discord at https://discord.com/channels/727023752348434432/1255742756375101500/1256750137582293062 (in response to a failed npm audit fix for a different software title):
% setenv ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD 1
% npm install
npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Please use @electron/osx-sign moving forward. Be aware the API is slightly different
added 604 packages, and audited 605 packages in 1m
70 packages are looking for funding
run `npm fund` for details
19 vulnerabilities (6 moderate, 8 high, 5 critical)
To address issues that do not require attention, run:
npm audit fix
To address all issues possible (including breaking changes), run:
npm audit fix --force
Some issues need review, and may require choosing
a different dependency.
Run `npm audit` for details.
% npm audit fix
added 4 packages, removed 1 package, changed 9 packages, and audited 608 packages in 22s
70 packages are looking for funding
run `npm fund` for details
# npm audit report
…
Fluent Reader: npm error
<https://github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader?tab=readme-ov-file#build-from-source>
Below, am I doing something wrong? I'm not familiar with npm.
text % npm install npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Please use @electron/osx-sign moving forward. Be aware the API is slightly different npm error code 1 npm error path /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron npm error command failed npm error command sh -c node install.js npm error HTTPError: Response code 404 (Not Found) npm error at Request._onResponseBase (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:913:31) npm error at Request._onResponse (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:948:24) npm error at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:962:23) npm error at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:634:26) npm error at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:531:35) npm error at origin.emit (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/@szmarczak/http-timer/dist/source/index.js:43:20) npm error at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient (node:_http_client:698:27) npm error at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (node:_http_common:119:17) npm error at TLSSocket.socketOnData (node:_http_client:540:22) npm error at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:519:28) npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/grahamperrin/.npm/_logs/2024-06-30T14_07_35_330Z-debug-0.log % less /home/grahamperrin/.npm/_logs/2024-06-30T14_07_35_330Z-debug-0.log % pwd /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader % ls -hln total 1 drwxr-xr-x 4 1002 1002 11B 30 Jun 15:07 build drwxr-xr-x 5 1002 1002 10B 30 Jun 15:07 dist drwxr-xr-x 3 1002 1002 5B 30 Jun 15:07 docs -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 909B 30 Jun 15:07 electron-builder-mas.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 1.3K 30 Jun 15:07 electron-builder.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 1.5K 30 Jun 15:07 LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 456K 30 Jun 15:07 package-lock.json -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 1.8K 30 Jun 15:07 package.json -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 3.5K 30 Jun 15:07 README.md drwxr-xr-x 7 1002 1002 12B 30 Jun 15:07 src -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 173B 30 Jun 15:07 tsconfig.json -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 2.1K 30 Jun 15:07 webpack.config.js %
From what's in the debug log – 1,440 lines (available on request) – I don't know where to start.
An update to the main (index) page is expected.
14.0R/ go live by grahamperrin · Pull Request #298 · freebsd/freebsd-doc
FreeBSD 14.0 release information
Main page
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/
Highlights
Announcement:
- https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/announce/
Installation instructions:
- https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/installation/
Caution, for readers of the FreeBSD Handbook
Do not omit the fetch and install commands that should precede an upgrade command. See:
- https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/installation/#upgrade-binary
(Those steps are missing from the Handbook.)
Please consider adding:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/BSD/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/ and please note, the other BSD-related subreddits in the sidebar
- Unix Linux Community - Technical support for all Unix and Linux users
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