You need an embedded install with a data partition. My FreeNAS server runs from a 1GB usb stick and the data partition is mounted as “/mnt/usb-data”. To install Vim on the usb stick:
# using csh setenv PKG_TMPDIR /mnt/usb-data/temp # install package pkg_add -r vim-lite -P /mnt/usb-data/pkg
Now we need a script to create the symlinks to the Vim binaries in the “pkg” directory:
nano /mnt/usb-data/hooks.sh
Here’s the content:
[bash]#!/bin/sh
# Vim symlinks to binaries
ln -s /mnt/usb-data/pkg/bin/vim /bin/vi
ln -s /mnt/usb-data/pkg/bin/vim /bin/vim
# .vimrc for root
ln -s /mnt/usb-data/pkg/share/vim/vim72/vimrc_example.vim /root/.vimrc
# .vimrc for regular user
ln -s /mnt/usb-data/pkg/share/vim/vim72/vimrc_example.vim /mnt/.vimrc
# syntax file
mkdir /usr/local/share/vim/
mkdir /usr/local/share/vim/syntax/
ln -s /mnt/usb-data/pkg/share/vim/vim72/syntax/syntax.vim /usr/local/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim[/bash]
Now make it run at boot time, go in System —> Advanced —> Command scripts and enter:
/mnt/usb-data/hooks.sh
Select PostInit and that’s it! Everytime you reboot your FreeNAS server the symlinks will be re-created!
You can to the same thing for “wget”:
export PKG_TMPDIR=/mnt/usb-data/temppkg_add -r wget -P /mnt/usb-data/pkg
Add this to the “hooks.sh” script:
ln -s /mnt/usb-data/pkg/bin/wget /bin/wgetFor bash, add this in the “hooks.sh” script:
# .bashrc for rootln -s /mnt/usb-data/bashrc /root/.bashrc
# .bashrc for regular user
ln -s /mnt/usb-data/bashrc /mnt/.bashrc
# automatically load bash for root on login (not clean but works)echo "bash --init-file /mnt/usb-data/bashrc" >> /root/.cshrc
# automatically load bash for regular user on login (not clean but works)
echo "bash --init-file /mnt/usb-data/bashrc" >> /mnt/.cshrc