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When you installed the OS, you were given the option to install the ports system. If you said no but have since thought better of it, you can go into [[sysinstall]] and install it (in the Distributions sub-menu). To install a port, you must first become root and find it:
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Before you can install any ports in FreeBSD you will need to install the ports collection. The ports tree is placed in /usr/ports/ and consists of the makefiles and information required to properly download and install all of the FreeBSD ports.  
  
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dave@samizdata[~]% su -
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The easiest way to install the ports tree is to use [[sysinstall]]
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  Password:
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> '''su'''
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  samizdata# cd /usr/ports
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  (enter root password)
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  > '''sysinstall''' (or '''/stand/sysinstall''' for versions < 5.2)
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-> Select '''Configure'''
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-> Select '''Distributions'''
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-> Select '''ports'''
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-> go to OK
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-> Select installation media, (CDROM, FTP, ...)
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-> go to Exit
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-> Exit sysinstall (Press X)
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You can also go to FreeBSD.org and ftp the latest ports.tar.gz (about 200megs or so,) and uncompress it in /usr. But why do it manually when you've got sysinstall to deal with the hassle for you?
  
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You can search the ports collection for ports to install by browsing through the categories, or you can use "make search" like so:
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See also: [[Update the ports tree]], [[Ports, Installing]]
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samizdata# make search name=mozilla | more
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samizdata# make search key=browser | more
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See also: [[Update_the_ports_tree]]
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[[Category:Common Tasks]]
 
[[Category:Common Tasks]]

Latest revision as of 15:16, 30 January 2008

Before you can install any ports in FreeBSD you will need to install the ports collection. The ports tree is placed in /usr/ports/ and consists of the makefiles and information required to properly download and install all of the FreeBSD ports.

The easiest way to install the ports tree is to use sysinstall 

> su
(enter root password)
> sysinstall (or /stand/sysinstall for versions < 5.2)
-> Select Configure
-> Select Distributions
-> Select ports
-> go to OK
-> Select installation media, (CDROM, FTP, ...)
-> go to Exit
-> Exit sysinstall (Press X)

You can also go to FreeBSD.org and ftp the latest ports.tar.gz (about 200megs or so,) and uncompress it in /usr. But why do it manually when you've got sysinstall to deal with the hassle for you?

See also: Update the ports tree, Ports, Installing

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