Installing pkgsrc/pkgin Binary kit:

Installing The Pkgsrc(new) Binary Kit:

written by EON May 29, 2017 (Estimated Time: 2 mins)

The pkgsrc/pkgin binary kit replaces the old binary kit and contains more than 15,000+ packages.

This guide shows how to setup/install/bootstrap the pkgsrc/pkgin binary kit on your EON ZFS Server.

Pre-requisite(s): EON ZFS Server version 151a9-071215 or higher

/usr/local properly symlinked to /zpool_name/local

ZPOOL and ZFS home/storage

The pkgsrc/pkgin binary kit defaults to being stored on your zpool. This is configured in /mnt/eon0/.exec via the line "export POOL=zpool_name". Replace "abyss" with your zpool name. Note: The binary kit can be stored on the USB key but I recommend against it, as the binary kit includes many applications which are write intensive and will decrease the reliability of the USB drive.

export POOL=abyss

Next, create the binary kit destination. There are 2 options to do this. One option is a simply creating a directory on your zpool. I recommend this option for simplicity.

mkdir /zpool_name/local

Optional: The second option, is to create the destination "local" as a zfs dataset. This allows advantages like, snapshots(version-ing), compression, rollback, cloning, sharing and all the other possibilities that can be done with a ZFS filesystem.

zfs create -o casesensitivity=mixed zpool_name/local

Persistent logging

Export /var/log and other logging directories to /zpool_name/local and more persistent storage that returns with each boot. This only needs to be done once. It will be done automatically once setup on each reboot/boot.