Strange pkg result

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KenGordon

Well, this one has me baffled at this point. I recently installed FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE on an old Acer laptop. The install went forward without any serious issues. The file pkg installed automatically without issues.

I then, as root, did a git clone to /usr/ports, which again, went to completion without issues.

And then, since this laptop was going to be used by Linux users, I installed sudo but have not yet edited its sudoers. That installed without issues too.

And finally, began to install the various apps that would be used, such as firefox, when I get this:

"pkg: No SRV found for the repo "FreeBSD'" plus a bunch of other such.

Thinking that I could not reach the necessary site due, possibly, to a hardward issue, I then pinged several addresses, including www,FreeBSD,org, and all came back working perfectly.

So, might anyone know what is going on here? I couldn't find anything on this issue in the Handbook, or anywhere else on the web.

Ken Gordon
 
Hi,

Take a look at those thread below to see if that can fix your problem:
bagas

Solved Thread 'pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'FreeBSD''

Hello.
How to fix?
Code: 
# pkg update
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'FreeBSD'
Fetching meta.conf: 100%    163 B   0.2kB/s    00:01    
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+[URL]http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.pkg[/URL] -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+[URL]http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.txz[/URL] -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
Unable to update repository FreeBSD
Error updating repositories!

My system FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p3 amd64 .
Code: 
pkg -vv | grep...
mickky

Thread 'pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'FreeBSD''

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help me plz?
stroudmw

Thread 'pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'FreeBSD''

I keep getting the message pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'FreeBSD' when running pkg install <foo>. It's not serious, a pkg update fixes the issue. But it is mildly annoying as it happens almost every time (ie: randomly) I try to install something. Why is this? As I said, it's not serious: just mildly annoying, and totally unpredictable. Thanks!
 
Huh!! Well, pkg update fixed my problem here, except that when I attempt to install firefox, I get the report No packages available to install matching 'firefox' have been found in the repositories, and I have not had this problem previously. So far, all other apps I need to install go forward just fine.

Well, I will say one thing in FreeBSD's favor: it is always a real learning experience, and I really enjoy this, since I am 82 years old and learning something new every day is very worthwhile. 😁

Thanks a bunch...as usual.👍
 
Well, since there was obviously something not done correctly from the beginning of this install, I will simply start over. It only takes an hour or two.

Thanks, all.

Ken Gordon
 
Hmmm....now I am beginning to wonder if the fact that I began having these issue only after January 1, 2025 has anything to do with it. I still cannot install Firefox since pkg can't find it, yet when I look in /usr/ports it is there, but when I try to make install clean, it fails because it can't find certain files.

I think I'll wait until February to continue this project.

Ken Gordon
 
Thank you, SirDice. I suspected as much. I presume the same thing is true for Libreoffice. I'll wait until some time in February to try to install these again.

Ken Gordon
 
Libreoffice is available, as searched from my system:
Code: 
# pkg search '^libreoffice'
libreoffice-24.8.2.1 Full integrated office productivity suite
libreoffice-i18n-24.8.2.1 Localized interface for libreoffice
on quarterly, as well as on latest; don't know about all the possible dependents though.
 
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