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+# FreeBSD - Migrating from Source Ports to Binary Pkg
+
+```
+pkg info -aqo > packages
+```
+
+You may want to edit `packages`.
+
+Before you whack things, it would be prudent to have a spare `pkg-static` on hand.
+
+```
+rsync -vlpPtgoHx /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static /root
+```
+
+Now do the dirty.
+
+```
+pkg delete -a
+pkg install `cat packages`
+```
+
+And fix `/etc/crontab` to have
+
+```
+pkg version -vRl"<"
+```
+
+If you get errors such as `size mismatch, fetching from remote`, then try
+
+```
+pkg clean
+rm -rf /var/cache/pkg/*
+pkg update -f
+```