Maintaining the system…

For example, upgrading 10.1-RELEASE to 10.2-RELEASE

# freebsd-update -r 10.2-RELEASE upgrade

Then run

# freebsd-update install

To update within a release, do a

# freebsd-update fetch

before running 'install'.

Hint hit 'q' when prompted

Install package

# pkg install <pkg_name> [...]

Note: include '-y' to override prompts

Remove package

# pkg delete

Update catalogue

# pkg update

Upgrade software

# pkg upgrade

List installed packages

# pkg info

Remove all packages and start over

pkg delete --all --force

Clean all package cache

pkg clean

If pkg installation quits due to size mismatch or something,

pkg clean
rm -rf /var/cache/pkg/*
pkg update -f

Will most probably need these at some point…

To get it,

portsnap fetch extract

To update,

portsnap fetch update

To manage, use portmaster

To build portmaster,

cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/ && make install clean

To setup portmaster,

# cp /usr/local/ etc/portmaster.rc.sample /usr/local/ etc/portmaster.rc
# ee /usr/local/ etc/portmaster.rc

To update all ports

portmaster -a

To search updates

portmaster -L | grep "New version available:"

To cleanup

portmaster --clean-distfiles{-all}

To remove port

portmaster -e target_port

To rebuild port

portmaster -r target_port

Dumping ground - from portmaster man page…

     Build a port locally but use packages for build dependencies, then	delete
     the build dependencies when finished:
	   portmaster --packages-build --delete-build-only fooport-1.23

     Update a system using only	packages that are available locally:
	   portmaster -PP --local-packagedir=<path> -a

     Update all	ports that need	updating:
	   portmaster -a

     Update all	ports that need	updating, and delete stale distfiles after the
     update is done:
	   1. portmaster -aD
	   2. portmaster --clean-distfiles