Software management¶
Ports¶
Checkout stable ports branch
echo "FETCH_PACKAGES=yes" >> /etc/mk.conf
cd /usr
cvs -qd anoncvs@anoncvs.ca.openbsd.org:/cvs get -rOPENBSD_6_8 -P ports
Which packages / ports need to be updated?
/usr/ports/infrastructure/bin/out-of-date
Update a port
cd /usr/ports/<portname>
make update
Possible binary updates through packages from https://stable.mtier.org/ and https://mtier.org/solutions/apps/openup/
Update base system¶
syspatch
Upgrade to a new release¶
Refer to the upgrade documentation e.g. http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade68.html
sysupgrade
If you cannot or dont want to upgrade by CD / USB / PXE / sysupgrade use the
Upgrade without the Install Kerneldocumentation
Flash support¶
Adobe and Chrome flash plugins do not work on OpenBSD
But you can use Gnash in Firefox
pkg_add gnash
mkdir /home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/<account_id>.default/plugins
cd /home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/<account_id>.default/plugins
ln -s /usr/local/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnashplugin.so
Readmes for packages¶
Can be found in /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes
Automatic installation over PXE¶
Possible with autoinstall