FreeBSD updates
December 5 2016114 words, ~1 min. read
freebsd, administration
To update base system,
freebsd-update fetchfreebsd-update installfreebsd-update rollback
To update jails,
ezjail-admin update -u
TIP: Use freebsd-version to get the version of base system
To upgrade base system,
- Update the system (see above)
- Upgrade to a specific release
freebsd-update upgrade -r 11.0-RELEASE freebsd-update installrebootfreebsd-update install
To upgrade jails,
ezjail-admin update -U -s 10.3-RELEASE
NOTE: I did stumble while upgrading from 10.3 to 11.0, when the upgrade process prompted me to re-install all the `ports` such that all references to the shared libraries are updated properly. However, I completed the upgrade process and later used the following commands to update/upgrade all the installed software.
pkg-static install -f pkgpkg upgrade all