Portsnap

portsnap fetch
portsnap extract

updating ports tree with portsnap

portsnap update

schedule cron job for daily updates

0 3 * * * root /usr/sbin/portsnap cron

SVN

head

cd /usr/ports
svnlite checkout https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head .

quaterly

FreeBSD Ports team freeze ports tree every 3 months. To get this ports tree you can use ports branches:

cd /usr/ports
svnlite checkout https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/branches/2016Q4 .

Tarball (http or ftp)

cd /usr/ports
fetch http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/11.0-RELEASE/ports.txz
tar xJvf ports.txz

Git

git clone https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports

keyword search

cd /usr/ports
make search key=apache

name search

cd /usr/ports
make search name=apache24

Using fresports

Official FreeBSD ports website (http://freshports.org/) give you a nice way to find ports and all information concerning it.

If you have found your software in the ports tree, now its the time to build it.

Simple build and install with manual configuration

cd /usr/ports/www/apache24
make
make install

Simple build and install with automatic configuration

cd /usr/ports/www/apache24
make BATCH=yes
make install

If you want custom configuration from ports, you can configure it before building it make config. All ports configuration are stored in /var/db/ports/${CATEGORY_NAME}/options as makefile.

Configuring www/apache24

cd /usr/ports/www/apache24
make config
make
make install

This configuration will be saved in /var/db/ports/www_apache24/options.

Manual packaging

You can make your own package based on ports.

cd /usr/ports/www/apache24
make package BATCH=yes

This command will store your package in /usr/ports/packages/All.

Using poudriere

poudriere is currently the official package builder for FreeBSD.

Installing poudriere

pkg install poudriere
# or
cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/poudriere
make
make install

Configuring poudriere

poudriere configuration is stored in /usr/local/etc/poudriere.conf and /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d

Deploying poudriere jail

poudriere jail -c -j myjail

Updating poudriere jail

poudriere jail -u -j myjail

Deploying poudriere ports tree

poudriere ports -c -p myports

Updating poudriere ports tree

poudriere ports -u -p myports

Bulk build

poudriere bulk -j myjail -p myports www/apache24