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I have installed FreeNAS 9.2amd64 (based on the same FreeBSD version) on a VirtualBox VM. I created users and pool/volume for my data.

In anticipation of installing apache/mysql-server/php5/php-myadmin FreeBSD packages, I read the following docs from the freenas.org site:

So I created a pluginjail to install packages within. I understood FreeNAS packages are managed by pkgng, which works almost the same than pkg_add/pkg_info/pkg_delete etc...

Then I launched the following command (don't mind the package version) from that jail shell:

$ pkg install mysql-server

And I get the following output:

Updating repository catalogue
pkg: PACKAGESITE/digests.txz: No address record      
pkg: No digest falling back on legacy catalog format                            
pkg: PACKAGESITE/repo.txz: No address record

If I go to PACKAGESITE, I can find both digests.txz and repo.txz files.

Does anyone have an idea?

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  • PACKAGESITE=pkg.cdn.pcbsd.org/freenas/9.1-RELEASE/amd64 for pkgng doc: wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng
    – kirly
    Jan 19, 2014 at 13:47
  • The link is for 9.1 while the title says 9.2 . Which one is it?
    – schaiba
    Jan 19, 2014 at 15:01
  • it's 9.2 version, but there is no plugin folder for that version. That's why I put 9.1 plugins link. I don't think it is the problem. I've tried a lot of repo, I always have the same issue.
    – kirly
    Jan 19, 2014 at 15:23
  • I think your only option to install things is to just unpack static compiled stuff and run them by hand. As far as I know installing custom things is just not supported on FreeNAS.
    – Apache
    Jul 13, 2015 at 10:29

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You need to install/update your ports catalogue first. Run these commands first:

portsnap fetch update
 portsnap extract

you can then run your:

pkg install mysql55-server (note: it is mysql55-server and not mysql-server)

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    portsnap: Command not found.
    – LasseLuttermann
    Apr 28, 2015 at 8:01
  • Same problem as @LassePoulsen, how do I get portsnap?
    – Veridian
    Sep 22, 2015 at 16:23
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Install a jail and copy the necessary files from there:

cp /mnt/dataset>/jails/<jail-root>/etc/portsnap.conf /etc
cp /mnt/<dataset>/jails/jail-root>/usr/sbin/portsnap /usr/sbin
/usr/sbin/portsnap fetch
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Check your /etc/resolv.conf and make sure you have the correct DNS.

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  • this was actually very useful as portsnap command looks through domain names for mirrors. thanks @kimo.
    – user86041
    Oct 3, 2017 at 19:17

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