pkg prime-list install packages on another machine ?

[NapoleonWils0n]

Hi

My Macmini running catalina died so i installed Freebsd on it,
and now i want to copy a list of packages installed on my Macbook air running freebsd to the macmini

Should i use pkg prime-list to generate a list of the packages i installed on the macbook air,
prime-list just creates a list of package you have installed and not any dependencies

pkg prime-list > pkg-prime-list.txt

or should i use pkg info which lists the packages installed and the dependencies

pkg info > ~/Desktop/pkg-list.txt

Then i can use netcat to transfer to text file to the macmini

How do you use pkg to install the packages from the text file,
i had a look through the man page, maybe i missing something

is there a pkg option i missing that allows you to specify a file to install packages from,
or do you have to cat the text file and pipe it into pkg

 

[T-Daemon]

After running pkg prime-list > pkg-prime-list, run pkg install `cat pkg-prime-list` on the other machine. Dependencies are pulled in, no need to care of. I've done it myself a few times.

 

[NapoleonWils0n]

Thanks mate

ran into an issue the drm-stable-kmod package isnt in the repositories

should i install drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20200221 or the drm-kmod metaport

pkg search drm-

drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20200221 DRM modules for the linuxkpi-based KMS components
drm-kmod-g20190710             Metaport of DRM modules for the linuxkpi-based KMS components
drm-legacy-kmod-g20200306      Legacy DRM modules for the linuxkpi-based KMS components

trying drm-kmod metaport
installing the pkg list with cat works fine

 

[ShelLuser]

I'd simply run pkg info -qoa. Gets you a list in a very practical format which you can feed directly into either a shell script or ports-mgmt/portmaster (= my personal favorite). Makes it really easy to re-install.