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I'm reverting from Linux to FreeBSD

  • I don't attempt to keep track of either system, but both of them came up in a recent discussion about 32-bit security updates:

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    Install packages from a FreeBSD installer DVD – with neither a DVD nor a network connection

  • At https://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsddvd14.1:

    … How to install packages from the disc: …

    Plus, there's a simpler, three-step routine if using the medium (not necessarily a disc) after installation of the OS – before exiting the installer.

    1. In the Manual Configuration dialogue, choose Yes
    2. /bin/csh
    3. setenv REPOS_DIR /dist/packages/repos

    – then use pkg commands as normal.

    You'll have the DVD repo alone – with an archaic name, FreeBSD_install_cdrom – none of the online repos. This offline repo includes things such as graphics/drm-515-kmod, but not things such as x11/nvidia-driver. We can't have everything offline in this way, DVD image space is constrained.

    When you want no more from the offline DVD repo:

    • exit

    – then, if an Internet connection was gained during installation, online repos will be available.

    • BlendIT BSD Cafe - FreeBSD @blendit.bsd.cafe grahamperrin @blendit.bsd.cafe
    Install packages from a FreeBSD installer DVD – with neither a DVD nor a network connection

    Related: Write to a USB drive from the URL of a compressed disc image.

    The example below assumes that your USB drive is at /dev/da0.

    Run commands as the superuser.

    1. mkdir /media/aninstaller
    2. mount_cd9660 /dev/da0 /media/aninstaller
    3. mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
    4. ee /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/aninstaller.conf
    5. pkg bootstrap --yes -r aninstaller
    6. pkg update --repository aninstaller
    7. pkg rquery -r aninstaller "%o%n" | sort | less

    You'll get a list of available packages. Key q to quit the pager.

    Then use pkg as you normally would, but limited to the aninstaller repo. For example:

    • pkg install -r aninstaller firefox

    ----

    Content for the aninstaller.conf file:

    aninstaller: { url: "file:////media/aninstaller/packages/FreeBSD:14:amd64", REPO_AUTOUPDATE: "false", mirror_type: "none", enabled: yes }

    Important: switch from yes, to no, after temporarily using the USB drive as a source for the repo.

    ----

    Some manual pages:

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    BlendIT BSD Cafe - FreeBSD @blendit.bsd.cafe grahamperrin @blendit.bsd.cafe
    Write to a USB drive from the URL of a compressed disc image

    Use the output from the third command to determine which number – not 99 – must be set in the fourth command.

    1. tcsh
    2. su -
    3. geom disk list
    4. setenv dadevicenumber 99
    5. setenv remotesumfile https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.1/CHECKSUM.SHA512-FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64
    6. setenv localsumfile ./CHECKSUM.SHA512-FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64
    7. setenv remoteimage https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.1/FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.xz
    8. setenv localimage ./FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.xz
    9. cd /tmp && fetch $remotesumfile && fetch -v $remoteimage -o $localimage && setenv image512 `openssl sha512 $localimage | cut -w -f2` ; grep $image512 $localsumfile && xzcat $localimage | dd bs=1m status=progress of=/dev/da$dadevicenumber
    10. exit
    11. exit

    Hint:

    • triple-click to select a paragraph.

    The example above uses the ⋯dvd1.iso.xz file (compressed DVD image) for FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE on AMD64, which:

    More images at <https://download.freebsd.org/>, although please note that README.TXT files are outdated.

    Manual pages:

    Note:

    % strings /usr/bin/xzcat | grep terminal Compressed data cannot be written to a terminal Compressed data cannot be read from a terminal %

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    BlendIT BSD Cafe - FreeBSD @blendit.bsd.cafe grahamperrin @blendit.bsd.cafe
    Fluent Reader: electron28 running, application not visible

    <https://github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader#build-from-source> suggests npm run electron, which does not work, so I tried:

    electron28 ./dist/electron.js

    ```text % pkg iinfo electron electron28-28.3.3 % npm run electron

    > fluent-reader@1.1.4 electron > electron ./dist/electron.js

    /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron/index.js:17 throw new Error('Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again'); ^

    Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again at getElectronPath (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron/index.js:17:11) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron/index.js:21:18) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1358:14) at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1416:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1208:32) at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1024:12) at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1233:19) at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:18) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1358:14)

    Node.js v20.14.0 % electron28 ./dist/electron.js [77731:0630/191651.898667:ERROR:nss_util.cc(357)] After loading Root Certs, loaded==false: NSS error code: -8018 App threw an error during load Error: Error: font-list can not run on freebsd. at 4538 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:129827) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 5807 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:158974) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 9465 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:163890) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 3571 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:153054) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189963 at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189972) A JavaScript error occurred in the main process Uncaught Exception: Error: Error: font-list can not run on freebsd. at 4538 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:129827) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 5807 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:158974) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 9465 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:163890) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at 3571 (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:153054) at t (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189853) at /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189963 at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/dist/electron.js:2:189972) Gtk-Message: 19:16:52.450: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" load: 3.01 cmd: electron 77733 [uwait] 144.52r 0.08u 0.02s 0% 122628k ```

    As far I can tell, the Gtk-Message is negligible.

    Can anyone tell/guess why a window does not appear?

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    Fluent Reader: npm error

  • ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD

    Thanks to aiz.wallenstein in FreeBSD Discord at https://discord.com/channels/727023752348434432/1255742756375101500/1256750137582293062 (in response to a failed npm audit fix for a different software title):

    % setenv ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD 1
% npm install
npm warn deprecated electron-osx-sign@0.6.0: Please use @electron/osx-sign moving forward. Be aware the API is slightly different

added 604 packages, and audited 605 packages in 1m

70 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

19 vulnerabilities (6 moderate, 8 high, 5 critical)

To address issues that do not require attention, run:
  npm audit fix

To address all issues possible (including breaking changes), run:
  npm audit fix --force

Some issues need review, and may require choosing
a different dependency.

Run `npm audit` for details.
% npm audit fix

added 4 packages, removed 1 package, changed 9 packages, and audited 608 packages in 22s

70 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

# npm audit report

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    • BlendIT BSD Cafe - FreeBSD @blendit.bsd.cafe grahamperrin @blendit.bsd.cafe
    Fluent Reader: npm error

    <https://github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader?tab=readme-ov-file#build-from-source>

    Below, am I doing something wrong? I'm not familiar with npm.

    text % npm install npm warn deprecated electron-osx-sign@0.6.0: Please use @electron/osx-sign moving forward. Be aware the API is slightly different npm error code 1 npm error path /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/electron npm error command failed npm error command sh -c node install.js npm error HTTPError: Response code 404 (Not Found) npm error at Request._onResponseBase (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:913:31) npm error at Request._onResponse (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:948:24) npm error at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:962:23) npm error at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:634:26) npm error at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:531:35) npm error at origin.emit (/usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader/node_modules/@szmarczak/http-timer/dist/source/index.js:43:20) npm error at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient (node:_http_client:698:27) npm error at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (node:_http_common:119:17) npm error at TLSSocket.socketOnData (node:_http_client:540:22) npm error at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:519:28) npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/grahamperrin/.npm/_logs/2024-06-30T14_07_35_330Z-debug-0.log % less /home/grahamperrin/.npm/_logs/2024-06-30T14_07_35_330Z-debug-0.log % pwd /usr/home/grahamperrin/dev/fluent-reader % ls -hln total 1 drwxr-xr-x 4 1002 1002 11B 30 Jun 15:07 build drwxr-xr-x 5 1002 1002 10B 30 Jun 15:07 dist drwxr-xr-x 3 1002 1002 5B 30 Jun 15:07 docs -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 909B 30 Jun 15:07 electron-builder-mas.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 1.3K 30 Jun 15:07 electron-builder.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 1.5K 30 Jun 15:07 LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 456K 30 Jun 15:07 package-lock.json -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 1.8K 30 Jun 15:07 package.json -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 3.5K 30 Jun 15:07 README.md drwxr-xr-x 7 1002 1002 12B 30 Jun 15:07 src -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 173B 30 Jun 15:07 tsconfig.json -rw-r--r-- 1 1002 1002 2.1K 30 Jun 15:07 webpack.config.js %

    From what's in the debug log – 1,440 lines (available on request) – I don't know where to start.

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    FreeBSD 14.0 release information

  • An update to the main (index) page is expected.

    14.0R/ go live by grahamperrin · Pull Request #298 · freebsd/freebsd-doc

    • BlendIT BSD Cafe - FreeBSD @blendit.bsd.cafe grahamperrin @blendit.bsd.cafe
    FreeBSD 14.0 release information

    Main page

    https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/

    Highlights

    Announcement:

    • https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/announce/

    Installation instructions:

    • https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/installation/

    Caution, for readers of the FreeBSD Handbook

    Do not omit the fetch and install commands that should precede an upgrade command. See:

    • https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/installation/#upgrade-binary

    (Those steps are missing from the Handbook.)

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