KDE pkg unavailable on main server?

[Max Brazhnikov]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 11:26:43 +0200 Fabian Mareyen wrote:
> Dear team,
> 
> I'm a software developer new to BSD and working on my first BSD installation.
> The command `pkg install kde` shows no results.
> Actually, all the packages "kde ; xfce ; gnome" and the other desktops seem to not be available (since about 30-60 min - equals to 10:30 AM CEST or so).
> Despite, sudo, doas, pycharm etc. are available and can be installed.
> I'm following the FreeBSD Handbook exactly.
> 
> Is there currectly an update / a downtime to the desktop packages? (If so, how long will it take?)


It takes a while to build all packages for the ports tree. According to FreshPorts [1] KDE packages have been successfully built for the quarterly branch, but not yet for the main (latest) branch. There is no much difference between these two right now, the quarterly branch was created a week ago.

[1] https://www.freshports.org/x11/kde#packages

Cheers,
Max

> Thanks for you quick response, I'm setting up some production systems and I am running out of time on this topic.
> 
> Details:
> FreeBSD 14.3 Release GENERIC amd64
> pkg-2.3.1 (updated from pkg-2.2xxxxx directly before the other installs)