Updating the system - Revision history

Sidetone at 13:24, 30 October 2015

2015-10-30T13:24:35Z

Sidetone: /* Basic Security updates */

2014-12-20T18:39:48Z

Basic Security updates

Sidetone: /* Updating applications */

2014-12-18T01:08:09Z

Updating applications

165.228.0.35: /* FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes */

2008-10-24T02:37:06Z

FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes

165.228.0.35: /* FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes */

2008-10-20T00:24:38Z

FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes

165.228.0.35: /* FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes */

2008-10-19T23:18:53Z

FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes

165.228.0.35: /* FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes */

2008-10-19T22:49:29Z

FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes

165.228.0.35: /* FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes */

2008-10-19T22:41:59Z

FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes

165.228.0.35: /* FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes */

2008-10-19T22:35:34Z

FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes

165.228.0.35: /* FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes */

2008-10-19T22:22:27Z

FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes

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   # freebsd-update rollback
-Use the following line in your /etc/crontab to keep your machine up to date:
+Use the following line in your {{file|/etc/crontab}} to keep your machine up to date:
   3   *   *   *   root /usr/sbin/freebsd-update cron -t <email address>
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 #Do a source upgrade as described [[upgrading the base system | here]]
-A binary upgrade to a release version can be done by running '''sysinstall''' from the installation medium (e.g. CDROM). See the [http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ release notes] of the release for details. Note that this will wipe out a lot of customizations.
+A binary upgrade to a release version can be done by running {{cmd|sysinstall}} from the installation medium (e.g. CDROM). See the [http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ release notes] of the release for details. Note that this will wipe out a lot of customizations.
 == Updating applications ==
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 Many open-source apps are under active development, so this is something you'll probably want to do quite regularly to ensure that you have the latest versions of everything.
-First update the ports tree (/usr/ports/). This can be done via [[cvsup]], [[csup]], [[ctm]] or [[portsnap]]. The ports can then be automatically updated using [[portupgrade]] or [[portmanager]], which are capable of dealing with dependencies.
+First update the ports tree {{file|/usr/ports/}}. This can be done via [[cvsup]], [[csup]], [[ctm]] or [[portsnap]]. The ports can then be automatically updated using [[portupgrade]] or [[portmaster]], which are capable of dealing with dependencies.
 == How do I download updates? ==
-The most common method used is [[cvsup]] (see [[updating the ports tree]]). However, you might not be able to use it if you're behind a restrictive firewall (blocking tcp port 5999) or on a weak connection. In that case you can use [[ctm]] to obtain differential updates by email or ftp.
+The most common method used was [[cvsup]] (see [[updating the ports tree]]). However, you might not be able to use it if you're behind a restrictive firewall (blocking tcp port 5999) or on a weak connection. In that case you can use [[ctm]] to obtain differential updates by email or ftp.
 For updating the ports tree, a third option is available. [[Portsnap]] is an automated tool which offers many advantages over both the other methods:

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 == Basic Security updates ==
-From FreeBSD 6.X you can simply keep up to date using freebsd-update
+From FreeBSD 6.X, only for release versions, you can simply keep up to date using freebsd-update
 First time use:

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 Many open-source apps are under active development, so this is something you'll probably want to do quite regularly to ensure that you have the latest versions of everything.
-First update the ports tree (/usr/ports/). This can be done via [[cvsup]], [[ctm]] or [[portsnap]]. The ports can then be automatically updated using [[portupgrade]] or [[portmanager]], which are capable of dealing with dependencies.
+First update the ports tree (/usr/ports/). This can be done via [[cvsup]], [[csup]], [[ctm]] or [[portsnap]]. The ports can then be automatically updated using [[portupgrade]] or [[portmanager]], which are capable of dealing with dependencies.
 == How do I download updates? ==

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 == FreeBSD Binary Upgrade 6.3 to 7.0 Notes ==
 It's best to upgrade to 6.3 first and this is straight forward, follow: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.3R/announce.html
 Follow the steps on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html until you get to portupgrade -faP.

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 portaudit -Fda
 </pre>
 [[Category:Common Tasks]]

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 </pre>
-These commands are recommended.
+These commands are recommended.\\
 <pre>
 portupgrade -fu ruby
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 portinstall misc/compat6x
 portinstall sysutils/bsdadminscripts
 cd /usr/src
 yes | make -B delete-old
 yes | make -B delete-old-libs
 pkg_libchk -qo | grep -vE 'jdk*|openoffice*' | xargs -o portupgrade -fuP

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 rm /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db
 portupgrade -fu ruby18-bdb
 rm /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db /usr/ports/INDEX-*.db
 portupgrade -fu portupgrade

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 Here are the commands to fix the ruby problem.
 <pre>
 /sbin/reboot
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 csup -L 2 /.../ports-supfile
 less /usr/ports/UPDATING
 portupgrade -fu ruby
 rm /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db

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 <pre>
 /sbin/reboot
-boot -s
+boot -s (Boot into single user mode, you can also just select '4' from the menu)
 /sbin/fsck
 /sbin/mount -u /