Precompiled (binary) ports are called ”packages”. A package can be obtained from the corresponding port with make package command; prebuilt packages are also available for download from the FreeBSD servers. A user can automatically install a package by passing the ...Freebsd Ports
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FreeBSD Ports collection is a package management system for the FreeBSD operating system, providing an easy and consistent way of installing software packages. As of September 2010 there are over 22,100 ports available in the collection. It has also been adopted by NetBSD, as the basis of its...
Jordan Hubbard [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk committed] his ''port make macros'' to the FreeBSD CVS repository on August 21, 1994. His package install suite [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/Makefile had been committed] a year earlier...
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”Compile” is a program that downloads, unpacks, compiles source code tarballs and installs the resulting executable code, all with a single command (such as “Compile foo”) using simple compilation scripts known as “recipes”. Compile is somewhat similar to Gentoo’s Portage ...
In its current version, GNU-Darwin can be installed on top of a preexisting installation of Mac OS X, Darwin or OpenDarwin. The project plans to release a bootable installer that bundles the GNU-Darwin packages with OpenDarwin, thereby creating a one-step ...
Yabause is an open source emulator for the Sega Saturn. It runs mainly on Windows, Linux, OpenBSD and Mac OS X systems using OpenGL and SDL. An unofficial FreeBSD port is available and a primitive Dreamcast port exists, as well ...
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