Install Node.js in a jail

[Thomas De Rooij]

I am trying to install Homebridge (https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge), which requires Node.js. I thought: well should be easy enough.
So I installed a pluginjail and entered it. After that, nothing seems to work. I can't install the node package with pkg install. It says that it can't find Python 2.2:

Code:

root@homebridge:/ # pkg install node
Updating repository catalogue
The following 3 packages will be installed:

	Installing python2: 2_2
	Installing libexecinfo: 1.1_3
	Installing node: 0.10.28

The installation will require 11 MB more space

2 MB to be downloaded

Proceed with installing packages [y/N]: y
pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:9:x86:64/latest/All/python2-2_2.txz: Not Found

I have no idea how the "ports system" works (I come from Linux environments). The Node.js site says that it is available through the ports system. I ran portsnap fetch extract and indeed /usr/ports/www/node exists, also /usr/ports/www/node4. When I try to access one of those (as root inside the jail) I get a nice permission denied.

Anyone with a bit of input that might help me closer to figuring these things out?
Other jails with (non-plugin) software were extremely easy to install. Am I doing something wrong?

Thnx.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

can you show your permission denied error

 

[Thomas De Rooij]

I am sorry, guess I am to much of a noob when it comes to BSD.
/usr/ports/www/node/ is accessible (I thought I had to execute it, and that's not possible because it is a dir). What should I do with it?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

in there you would run 'make install'
to make things run more continually I suggest you run 'make config-recursive' first

but, ideally I would suggest you try getting pkg working. it installs much faster then installing from ports.

 

[pirateghost]

Sounds like you need to run 'pkg upgrade' before attempting to install anything from pkg