FreeBSD Ports Collection

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FreeBSD Ports Collection is a package management system for the FreeBSD operating system that provides a standardized framework for building, installing, and managing third-party software from source or precompiled packages.

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Surface form Occurrences
FreeBSD Ports 1
FreeBSD ports collection 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf FreeBSD project component
ports tree
software package management system
buildSystem bsd.port.mk NERFINISHED
categoryExample databases
devel
editors
net
ports-mgmt
security
www
x11
configurationFile Makefile
distinfo
pkg-descr
pkg-plist
contains categories
ports
developer FreeBSD Project NERFINISHED
directoryLayoutRoot /usr/ports
distributionMethod public Git repository
documentation FreeBSD Handbook ports chapter NERFINISHED
FreeBSD Porter's Handbook NERFINISHED
hasComponent Mk framework
Tools/scripts
ports-mgmt/pkg NERFINISHED
homepage https://www.freebsd.org/ports/
inspiredSimilarSystem NetBSD pkgsrc NERFINISHED
OpenBSD ports tree NERFINISHED
license various licenses per port
operatingSystem FreeBSD NERFINISHED
previousPackageTool pkg_add
previousVersionControlSystem CVS NERFINISHED
Subversion NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage Makefile
Shell script
provides standardized framework for building third-party software
standardized framework for installing third-party software
standardized framework for managing third-party software
relatedProject FreeBSD base system NERFINISHED
FreeBSD pkg(8) package manager NERFINISHED
repositoryType source tree
supportsCommand make checksum
make config
make deinstall
make distclean
make fetch
make fetch-recursive
make index
make install clean
make package
make package-recursive
make search
supportsFeature cross-building for some architectures
dependency tracking
flavors
license handling
options configuration
patch application
subpackages
supportsInstallationFrom precompiled binary packages
source code
targetUser FreeBSD end users
FreeBSD system administrators
usesPackageFormat pkg(8)
versionControlSystem Git NERFINISHED

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pkgsrc competesWith FreeBSD Ports Collection
this entity surface form: FreeBSD Ports
pkgsrc inspiredBy FreeBSD Ports Collection
GhostBSD uses FreeBSD Ports Collection
this entity surface form: FreeBSD ports collection