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layout: post
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title: "Setting up a private package repo for FreeBSD"
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date: 2020-04-07
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comments: true
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tags: freebsd, pkgng
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---
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Lately the EU mirror for FreeBSD packages(<http://pkg0.bme.freebsd.org>) has been really slow for me. My best guess is the mirror is being overloaded, it could be because of my ISP peering weirdly too.
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I already have a [Poudriere](https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-poudriere.html) setup running on a beefy server. How hard it would be building all the packages that I need? Turns out its not that hard at all.
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First step is to get all the packages that I currently use and their port names
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```bash
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$ pkg query '%o' > x230-packages
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# make sure they look right
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$ head x230-packages
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math/coinmp
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x11-fonts/gentium-basic
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graphics/ImageMagick6
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devel/ORBit2
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graphics/aalib
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sysutils/accountsservice
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print/adobe-cmaps
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x11-themes/adwaita-icon-theme
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x11/alacritty
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audio/alsa-lib
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```
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Setup poudriere with instructions from handbook: <https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-poudriere.html>
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Build the packages
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```bash
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/usr/local/bin/poudriere ports -p local -u
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/usr/local/bin/poudriere bulk -j 12amd64 -p local -z x230 -f /root/x230-packages
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```
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After **a day and half** poudriere built all the packages I need :)
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Now all that left is to disable the official repo and replace it with mine
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```bash
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cat > /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/Mine.conf <<EOF
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FreeBSD: { enabled: no }
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builder: {
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url: "https://<path to repo>/repo/12amd64-local-x230/",
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enabled: yes
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}
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EOF
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```
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Bye bye slow mirrors!
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This should be filed under over-engineering, and I should really investigate why the mirror is slow; This does work and love how simple and powerful the pkg system is. Workflow is far better than I am used to bulk building debian or arch packages.
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