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--- knowledgebase:bsdrp_pkg [2017/07/12 08:04] – created bodems
+++ knowledgebase:bsdrp_pkg [2023/04/30 16:58] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-====== Install additional packages in an BSDRP installation ======
+===== Install additional packages in an BSDRP installation =====
-**Problem:**
+==== Problem ====
 Once you install BSDRP, FreeBSD ports repository is not enabled, the root-partition is read-only and /var is to small to download and extract the database.
-**Solution:**
+==== Solution ====
-  * mount / as rw: mount -uw /
+  * make sure you have extended the data slice
-  * enable the FreeBSD repo and disable the local repo in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
+  * mount / as rw: **mount -uw /**
-  * Extend /var and /etc via **/conf/base/etc/md_size** and **/conf/base/var/md_size**
+  * extend /var and /etc via **/conf/base/etc/md_size** and **/conf/base/var/md_size** (122880 for 60MB)
+  * mount / as ro: **mount -ur /**
+  * **reboot**: If you are asked to save your config, choose "No"
+  * enable the FreeBSD repo and disable the local repo in **/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/myrepo.conf**
+  * **pkg update**
+  * for installing a package, you have to mount / writeable again: **mount -uw /**
+  * now you can install your package: **pkg install <package>**
+  * done!
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+==== Useful links ====
-**Usefull links:**
   * https://bsdrp.net/documentation/technical_docs#how_to_modify_an_existing_image
   * https://sourceforge.net/p/bsdrp/mailman/message/34065870/