Question: how to install SmartOS binary packages on non-Illumos operating system with pkgin

[am11]

apologies in advance if it is already documented somewhere, but I could not find this information, therefore asking here directly.

On Debian/Linux system, in the path where illumos/sysroot release tarball is restored, we want to install SmartOS binary packages. We have built pkgsrc tools (including pkgin) on Debian/Linux using pkgsrc (2020Q1) sources.

Now using this pkgin (Linux executable running on Debian/Linux system), is it possible to make it:

• fetch 2020 Q1/Q2 binary packages built for SmartOS and
• install package at location with custom path prefix

by, for example, modifying some config file or some command line switch? If so, how? :)

As an example, we compile FreeBSD's pkg tool (https://github.com/freebsd/pkg) on Debian/Linux, then modify its pkg.conf file to make it install FreeBSD packages on Debian/Linux inside the sysroot directory:

echo "ABI = \"FreeBSD:11:amd64\"; FINGERPRINTS = \"${__RootfsDir}/usr/share/keys\"; REPOS_DIR = [\"${__RootfsDir}/etc/pkg\"]; REPO_AUTOUPDATE = NO; RUN_SCRIPTS = NO;" > ${__RootfsDir}/usr/local/etc/pkg.conf

here $__RootfsDir is the root of where the sysroot files are restored. Complete working examples for various package managers and operating systems are available in this bash script: https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/blob/master/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh.

[sjorge]

You might want to use pkg_add directly without going to pkgin, you should be able to specify most stuff via env variables like PKG_PATH and such.

[jperkin]

TBH I'd go even more directly and just unpack the packages directly into wherever you want. The .tgz files we ship are wrapped in ar(1) for the signing bits, but contain an unsigned package tarball that you can just unpack wherever.

Using pkgin or pkg_install is likely technically possible, but would end up just as ugly to work around the various MACHINE_ARCH checks etc as just doing it the tarball way.

[am11]

Thank you, I will try that approach. Is there an index page where binary packages are listed?

[am11]

Found it: https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/packages/SmartOS/2020Q1/x86_64/All/.