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Trying to update to 9.2 and sysbuild sysinstall commands cannot be found nor are the manpages on my system for them.

    bsd17 sysbuild is a pkgsrc package (in sysutils) and "sysinstall" is actually called sysinst and should be in /usr/sbin/sysinst
    Can you specify how you're planning to upgrade the system - e.g. building your own from sources, pre-built binary sets, etc. ?
    Depending on that, there might be an easier solution, like sysupgrade which I like very much (also a pkgsrc package).

    • rvp likes this.

      I was just gonna do the simplest form.

      # sysbuild build
# sysupgrade auto ~/sysbuild/release/$(uname -m)

      How do I install these packages. Is it not as simple as pkg_add sysbuild?

        bsd17 Yes, pkg_add should suffice. You can also use pkgin which is a much nicer package manager, if it's installed.
        If you don't care about building from sources, you can skip sysbuild and just do sysupgrade auto, which will download and install pre-built binary sets - no compiling necessary.

        EDIT: A word of warning. If you're upgrading within a major release (e.g. 9.1 -> 9.2) then sysupgrade auto is fine. However if you're upgrading major releases (e.g. 8 -> 9) or CURRENT, then you have to first upgrade the kernel, reboot, and then extract the userland sets.

            I'm missing a big piece of this installing packages thing. I'm assuming the command has to have the path of the pkg in it since pkg_add sysbuild, sysupgrade, or pkgin doesn't work. "The sysbuild and sysupgrade tools (currently available in pkgsrc/sysutils/sysbuild and pkgsrc/sysutils/sysupgrade respectively)"
            But "pkg_add pkgsrc/sysutils/sysbuild" doesn't work either.

            neubaer
            I found this

            # PKG_PATH="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -p)/$(uname -r|cut -f '1 2' -d.)/All/"
# export PKG_PATH
# pkg_add pkgin
# pkg_add: Cant process file.....

                I did that and checked all the characters and the output is "pkg_add: no pkg found for 'pkgin' , sorry."

                neubaer I did that and checked all the characters and the output is "pkg_add: no pkg found for 'pkgin' , sorry."

                • Jay replied to this.

                    Also can you ping google.com ?

                    “Only the paranoid survive.”

                    ― Harold Finch
                    NetBSD VPS , NetBSD , OS108

                      Jay pkg_add: cant process, pkg_add: no pkg found for, pkg_add: 1 package addition failed

                      • Jay replied to this.

                          bsd17 can you try with sysinst ?

                          “Only the paranoid survive.”

                          ― Harold Finch
                          NetBSD VPS , NetBSD , OS108