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With your initial repo setup complete, it is now easy to convert your system into a PC-BSD desktop using the following commands: | With your initial repo setup complete, it is now easy to convert your system into a PC-BSD desktop using the following commands: | ||
| − | + | {{txtbox|box={{pound}} pkg install -yf pcbsd-base | |
| − | + | {{pound}} rehash | |
| − | + | {{pound}} pbreg set /PC-BSD/SysType PCBSD | |
| − | + | {{pound}} pc-extractoverlay desktop | |
| − | + | {{pound}} pc-extractoverlay ports}} | |
With these commands finished, you can now reboot and the GDM login manager will be started automatically bringing you to your desktop. If you want to run the PC-BSD display wizard / first boot wizards you can also trigger that before rebooting: | With these commands finished, you can now reboot and the GDM login manager will be started automatically bringing you to your desktop. If you want to run the PC-BSD display wizard / first boot wizards you can also trigger that before rebooting: | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 22 February 2013
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Introduction
With the changeover to PKGNG as the backend in PC-BSD / TrueOS, it is now easier than ever to convert a FreeBSD system into a PC-BSD desktop or TrueOS server.
Our PKGNG repos can also be used by FreeBSD users who just want access to a full package repo, with frequent updates.
Getting Started
On your FreeBSD system, you will first need to install the latest pkgng binaries, located in the ports tree under [ports-mgmt/pkg]
After installing PKGNG, you'll probably want to run the command "pkg2ng" to import your existing packages.
Next, you will need to setup access to the PC-BSD repository. Start by creating the file /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf to look like example below:
| packagesite: http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/pcbsd/packages/9.1-RELEASE/amd64
PUBKEY: /usr/local/etc/pkg-pubkey.cert PKG_CACHEDIR: /usr/local/tmp |
You will want to change the packagesite: variable to a particular PC-BSD mirror close to your location, and in addition change the 9.1-RELEASE / amd64 to the release / architecture you want to use. Click here to get a list of mirrors & package sets available.
Next you will need to download our repo's public key, and copy it to /usr/local/etc/pkg-pubkey.cert.
With this in place, you will probably want to start by updating your packages to the latest versions from the repo. You may do so by running the following command:
| # pkg upgrade -fy |
When that command finishes, you should be good to go! You may now use the pkg command normally to install / remove / upgrade packages from our repo.
Converting to PC-BSD
With your initial repo setup complete, it is now easy to convert your system into a PC-BSD desktop using the following commands:
| # pkg install -yf pcbsd-base
# rehash # pbreg set /PC-BSD/SysType PCBSD # pc-extractoverlay desktop # pc-extractoverlay ports |
With these commands finished, you can now reboot and the GDM login manager will be started automatically bringing you to your desktop. If you want to run the PC-BSD display wizard / first boot wizards you can also trigger that before rebooting:
| # touch /var/.runxsetup
# touch /var/.pcbsd-firstboot # touch /var/.pcbsd-firstgui |
TIP!
If you are using NVIDIA video hardware you may want to load their driver before rebooting into the display wizard:
| # pc-metapkgmanager add NVIDIA |
Converting to TrueOS
If you wish to convert your server into TrueOS you can quickly do so using the following commands:
| # pkg install -yf trueos-base
# rehash # pbreg set /PC-BSD/SysType TRUEOS # pc-extractoverlay server # pc-extractoverlay ports |
