Installing Software with FreeBSD ports
FreeBSD ports allows installing software from source.
Update the tree. This will create /usr/ports if missing.
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portsnap fetch update portsnap extract |
Updating Index
Before you can use ports, you need to fetch index. To do this, run
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cd /usr/ports make fetchindex |
Find Software
To find software, use
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cd /usr/ports make search name=php |
Install a Software
To install a software, for example node.js, run
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cd /usr/ports/www/node make make install |