Thread: How to download install patches on FreeBSD using commands.

Hi,can anyone guide on how to download install patches on FreeBSD using commands.

There two types of patches:
Base system - Includes kernel, system files and core apps such as BIND, Sendmail etc.
Apps / Ports - Applications such as apache, postfix, mysql and much more installed using ports.

To patch base system in binary mode use freebsd-update. This works great if you are not using custom kernel. See tutorial: FreeBSD Update Software and Apply Security Patches

To patch base system using source code (build world) use make and cvsup commands, see tutorial - FreeBSD cvsup: Update The FreeBSD From Previous Releases Using Source Code


To upgrade packages and apply patch use:

Code:

portsnap fetch extract
pkg_version -l '<'
portmaster -Da

To add on to Viveks post, freebsd-update is available in the base system, but portmaster has to be installed through ports.

Code:

# cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster
# make install clean