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Asked: 2009-08-13 15:39:15 +0800 CST

What is the equivalent in FreeBSD 7.2 to yum/yast/apt-get?

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I'm new to the FreeBSD release, but am very familiar with many Linux releases. I'm attempting to (1) keep my system updated, and (2) install new packages under FreeBSD 7.2. So is there an equivalent to the yum/yast/apt-get on the other Linux systems on FreeBSD? If so, what is it and how do I use it?

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  2. Best Answer

    As others have said, there is no substitute for the handbook. In short what you're looking for is portupgrade. With it you can run commands like 

    portupgrade -Rr     # Upgrade all ports and dependant ports

    Read the wiki page on portupgrade. And remember to ALWAYS read /usr/ports/UPDATING.

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  3. What you are looking for has two pieces. One is updating the base system, and the other is updating the additional packages.

    The first can be done with freebsd-update. This command supports both updating with patches to the current release and upgrading to a new release. Look at its man page for details. It's far easier than installing updates from source.

    Updating packages also has two pieces -- updating the ports tree, and rebuilding out-of-date ports. The first can be done either with cvs/cvsup/csup or (my preference) portsnap. portsnap works a lot like freebsd-update but is for the ports tree. Again, see its man page. You can use either portupgrade as described in another answer or portmaster (which I prefer due to lower overhead and simplicity, although it probably doesn't have as many features as portupgrade).

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  4. The freeBSD handbook is your friend for updating...

    FreeBSD actually has some very good documentation, since it's not forked into a bazillion distros like Linux is; their site has some really good central documentation for things.

    This part talks about installing applications...

    The handbook itself is a great place to get up to speed with using FreeBSD.

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