Synopsis

Just like RPM Package Manager, FreeBSD Ports collection is where users and administrators to install application that has been ported for FreeBSD. At the time of writing, there are more than 19,000 ports available. Ports can be searched via official FreeBSD ports page or use one of the following commands on your FreeBSD machine :

# make search name=[port's name]
example: make search name=vim

or

# make search key=[keywords]
example: make search key="text editor"

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Ports Tree and keeping it up-to-date, as well as install application from ports.

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