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The FreeBSD Ports and Packages Collection offers a simple way for -users and administrators to install applications. The ports -collection has been growing at a -tremendous rate. -

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The Ports Collection supports the latest release on the -FreeBSD-CURRENT and FreeBSD-STABLE branches. Older releases are not -supported and may or may not work correctly with an up-to-date ports -collection. Over time, changes to the ports collection may rely on -features that are not present in older releases. Wherever convenient, -we try not to gratuitously break support for recent releases, but it -is sometimes unavoidable. When this occurs, patches contributed by -the user community to maintain support for older releases will usually -be committed. -

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Each ``port'' listed here -contains any patches necessary to make the original application source -code compile and run on FreeBSD. Installing an application is as -simple as downloading the port, unpacking it and typing -make -in the port directory. However, the most convenient (and common) method -is to download the framework for the entire list of ports by -installing the -entire ports hierarchy at FreeBSD installation time, -and then have thousands of applications right at your -fingertips. -

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-Each port's Makefile automatically fetches the -application source code, either from a local disk, CDROM or via -ftp, -unpacks it on your system, applies the patches, and compiles. If -all went well, a simple make install will install the -application and register it with the package system.

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For most ports, a precompiled package also exists, saving -the user the work of having to compile anything at all. Each port -contains a link to its corresponding package and you may either simply -download that file and then run the -pkg_add -command -on it or you can simply grab the link location and hand it straight -to pkg_add since it's capable of accepting FTP URLs as -well as filenames.

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For more information, see Installing Applications: Packages and Ports, a -section of the FreeBSD Handbook. For -information about creating new ports, see the Porter's Handbook.

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Keeping up-to-date

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-The ports listed on these web pages are continually being updated. -It is strongly recommended that you refresh the entire collection -together, as many ports depend on other parts of the tree, even -where that might seem counterintuitive (e.g. japanese/.) -

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For more information about new, changed or removed ports/packages, -or if you wish to search for a specific application to see if it's -available as a port/package, you may browse the -FreeBSD Ports Changes -on this site; alternatively, you may wish to visit -FreshPorts.org -and either browse the site or subscribe to the lists hosted there.

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