pkg.freebsd.org package download URLs

pkg.freebsd.org-pkg-urls.md

pkg.freebsd.org package download URLs

When a FreeBSD Project-provided package is not in the usual places, we can look in unusual places.

An example: editors/vscode

Currently at https://www.freshports.org/editors/vscode/#packages:

No package information for this port in our database …

Get some packagesite.pkg files for AMD64

1. cd /tmp
2. curl -sS https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/release_3/packagesite.pkg -O --create-dirs --output-dir 14/amd64/release_3
3. curl -sS https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.pkg -O --create-dirs --output-dir 14/amd64/quarterly
4. curl -sS https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/packagesite.pkg -O --create-dirs --output-dir 14/amd64/latest
5. curl -sS https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/release_0/packagesite.pkg -O --create-dirs --output-dir 15/amd64/release_0
6. curl -sS https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.pkg -O --create-dirs --output-dir 15/amd64/quarterly
7. curl -sS https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/packagesite.pkg -O --create-dirs --output-dir 15/amd64/latest

Extract

1. cd 14/amd64/release_3 && tar vxf packagesite.pkg
2. cd ../quarterly && tar xf packagesite.pkg
3. cd ../latest && tar xf packagesite.pkg
4. cd /tmp/15/amd64/release_0 && tar xf packagesite.pkg
5. cd ../quarterly && tar xf packagesite.pkg
6. cd ../latest && tar xf packagesite.pkg
7. cd /tmp

Get the repopaths, if any, for vscode

1. grep '"name":"vscode"' 14/amd64/release_3/packagesite.yaml | jq | grep repopath
2. grep '"name":"vscode"' 14/amd64/quarterly/packagesite.yaml | jq | grep repopath
3. grep '"name":"vscode"' 14/amd64/latest/packagesite.yaml | jq | grep repopath
4. grep '"name":"vscode"' 15/amd64/release_0/packagesite.yaml | jq | grep repopath
5. grep '"name":"vscode"' 15/amd64/quarterly/packagesite.yaml | jq | grep repopath
6. grep '"name":"vscode"' 15/amd64/latest/packagesite.yaml | jq | grep repopath

A match

grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 /tmp> grep '"name":"vscode"' 14/amd64/release_3/packagesite.yaml | jq | grep repopath
  "repopath": "All/vscode-1.98.2_2.pkg",
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 /tmp> 

Download

curl -sS -O https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/release_3/All/vscode-1.98.2_2.pkg

1.98.2_2 in context

editors/vscode: bump port revision after electron34 update · freebsd/freebsd-ports@1b76e4d (2025-03-29)

Important

Do not assume that a package from an archaic area such as release_3/ will be usable alongside packages from a supported area.

Credit

Adapted from https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247998#c11 – thanks to Wolfram Schneider.