The FreeBSD Ports Collection offers a simple way for users and administrators to install applications. 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. The Makefile automatically fetches the application source code, either from a local disk or via ftp, unpacks it on your system, applies the patches, and compiles. If all goes well, simply type make install to install the application.
For more information about using ports, see The ports collection. For information about creating new ports, see Porting applications. Both are part of the FreeBSD Handbook.
If you are a 2.2.1-release user, please install the 2.2.1 to 2.2-stable upgrade kit (last changed: June 3, 1997); if you are a 2.2.2-release user, please install the 2.2.2 to 2.2-stable upgrade kit (last changed: June 3, 1997). This will enable you to use all the ports listed here. Note that it will only change just enough files to enable ports/packages to be used; for a full upgrade to 2.2-stable, please refer to the synchronizing your source tree section of the handbook, especially if you are still using 2.2.1-release.
For more information about new ports, changed ports, removed ports, or searching for an application see the FreeBSD Ports Changes script.
There are currently 957 ports is the
FreeBSD Ports Collection.
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a gzip'd tar file of all 957 ports (about 3 megabytes) or
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