Install packages with pkg_add
as usual, but use -D snapshot
(or just -D snap
) to make it look in the correct place on your selected mirror (the mirror listed in /etc/installurl
).
So, to install Firefox, as root do:
pkg_add -D snapshot firefox
See also pkg_add(1)
and installurl(5)
.
Note that you will need to keep your base system up to date to use the snapshot ports as they are rebuilt every once in a while, and the ports and base system should ideally be kept in sync. The sysupgrade(8)
utility makes this easy.