FreeBSD

Upgrade

Upgrade the system:

sudo pkg upgrade -y
sudo freebsd-update fetch
PAGER=cat sudo freebsd-update install

PAGER=cat is used to ignore messages about added, removed and overriden configuration files.

Minimum packages to develop on FreeBSD

Install:

sudo pkg install vim-console git

Misc

  • Coredump filename: sudo sysctl -w 'kern.corefile =%N.%P.core'

Configuration

  • Rerun the installer configuration, run:: bsdconfig.
  • Change the keyboard layout: run kbdmap.

Upgrade to newer FreeBSD

Upgrade to FreeBSD 12.0-RC2:

sudo freebsd-update fetch
sudo freebsd-update upgrade -r 12.0
sudo freebsd-update install
sudo reboot
# after reboot
sudo freebsd-update install

Repair pkg

Repair pkg, if needed:

sudo pkg bootstrap -f

If something goes wrong, reinstall everything installed by pkg:

sudo pkg-static upgrade -f

Install FreeBSD VM

Install VM image

  • https://www.freebsd.org/where.html : Download amd64/qcow2 virtual machine image,
  • Uncompress the image: unxz file.qcow2.xz
  • Move the image to /var/lib/libvirt/images/
  • Create a FreeBSD VM using this disk image

Classic installer

  • Download ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.0/FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso.xz
  • Uncompress: unxz FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso.xz
  • Create a new VM:
    • Name: FreeBSD
    • Boot from an ISO: specify the path to the .iso file
    • System: select Show all, select UNIX, pick FreeBSD 11
    • 1 cpu, 1 GB of RAM
    • Disk size: 20 GB
    • Select network: shared interface, br0
  • FreeBSD installer:
    • <install>
    • Keymap: French ISO-8859-1
    • Hostname: freebsd
    • Distribution: only keep [*] ports
    • Partition: auto, <Entire disk>, MBR, Finish, Commit
    • (choose a root password)
    • network: configure IPv4, use DHCP, yes, configure IPv6, auto, yes
    • Time Zone: 8 Europe, 14 France
    • Date/Time: Skip
    • Service started at boot: sshd
    • (no option)
    • Add a new user: username vstinner
    • Exit: Manual config? No
    • Reboot

Enlarge qcow2 image

  • Shutdown the VM
  • On the host: sudo qemu-img resize /var/lib/libvirt/images/freebsd.qcow2 40G
  • Boot the VM, in FreeBSD: sudo /etc/rc.d/growfs onestart

Configure as root

  • Log as root
  • kbdcontrol -l fr.iso
  • pkg install sudo bash tmux vim-console
  • visudo: uncomment %whell ALL.. without password
  • adduser: add user, add it to the wheel group
  • to add wheel group to an user: pw usermod -n vstinner -G wheel
  • Enable the SSH server:
  • Log out

Configure as your user

  • Log in as the your user
  • chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
  • Log out and log in again to get bash
  • sudo pkg install git

Commands to develop Python on FreeBSD

Install:

sudo pkg install pkgconf