Updating FreeBSD

14 September 2006, 01:01

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Now that the kernel and userland is updated we can move on to the ports.

Updating the /usr/ports/ tree is just as easy as the /usr/src tree. Again we copy a supfile over and make a few changes to it.

# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile ~/
# vim ~/ports-supfile

After that is done we can fire up cvsup and update the /usr/ports/.

# cd /usr/ports/
# cvsup -g -L 2 /path-to-supfile
# make fetchindex
# pkgdb -fu

NOTE: Read the /usr/ports/UPDATING file, there might be very important notes about the ports that needs to be updated.

Next we create a file so we can see which ports needs to be updated.

# portversion -vL = > ~/ports.txt

To upgrade the ports all at once run

# portupgrade -arR

To upgrade the ports one by one use this. I personally like upgrading my ports one by one.

# portupgrade -rR <out_of_date_port>

After all your ports are up to date we can start with the cleaning.

# pkgdb -Fv
# portsclean -CDD

That should be it

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