Support #774
Updated by Daniel Curtis about 8 years ago
This is a guide on converting a FreeBSD 10 installation to a PCBSD desktop.
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
<pre>
pkg update && pkg upgrade
</pre>
* Then, disable the FreeBSD package repository:
<pre>
mv /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf /root/FreeBSD.conf-old
</pre>
* Now create the pkg repos directory:
<pre>
mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
</pre>
* Then, create the PCBSD repo file:
<pre>
vi /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pcbsd.conf
</pre>
#* And add the following:
<pre>
pcbsd: {
url: "http://pkg.cdn.pcbsd.org/10.0-RELEASE/amd64",
signature_type: "fingerprints",
fingerprints: "/usr/local/etc/pkg/fingerprints/pcbsd",
enabled: true
}
</pre>
* Next, create the pkg fingerprints directories:
<pre>
mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/fingerprints/pcbsd/revoked
mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/fingerprints/pcbsd/trusted
</pre>
* Then, download the repository's fingerprint file:
<pre>
cd /usr/local/etc/pkg/fingerprints/pcbsd/trusted/
fetch --no-verify-peer https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pcbsd/pcbsd/master/src-sh/pcbsd-utils/pc-extractoverlay/ports-overlay/usr/local/etc/pkg/fingerprints/pcbsd/trusted/pkg.cdn.pcbsd.org.20131209
</pre>
* Update the package database and any installed packages:
<pre>
pkg upgrade -fy
</pre>
h2. Converting FreeBSD to a PC-BSD Desktop
* Once the repository configuration is complete install the base components:
<pre>
fetch --no-verify-peer -o /etc/freebsd-update.conf 'https://github.com/pcbsd/freebsd/raw/master/etc/freebsd-update.conf'
freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update install
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* Then setup the installation to be a PC-BSD desktop
<pre>
pkg install -fy pcbsd-base
rehash
pbreg set /PC-BSD/SysType PCBSD
pc-extractoverlay ports
pc-extractoverlay desktop
</pre>
* Install a desktop environment:
<pre>
pkg install pcbsd-meta-lxde
</pre>
* Setup the first boot scripts:
<pre>
touch /var/.runxsetup
touch /var/.pcbsd-firstboot
touch /var/.pcbsd-firstgui
</pre>
* Then, reboot the system:
<pre>
reboot
</pre>
*NOTE*: If you are using NVIDIA video hardware, load the driver before rebooting into the display wizard:
<pre>
pkg install pcbsd-meta-nvidia
</pre>
h2. Resources
* https://forums.pcbsd.org/thread-20411.html