View Ports cd /usr/ports ls Install A Port /usr/ports/pathto/port make install clean Example – Installs the IRC Bouncer Miau: cd /usr/ports/irc/miau make install clean Un-Install A Port /usr/ports/pathto/port make deinstall Example – Un-Installs the IRC Bouncer Miau: cd /usr/ports/irc/miau make deinstall Update Ports Collection as root, cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile /root/ports-supfile pico ports-supfile (or whichever text editor [...]

Portsnap can be a useful tool when updating your FreeBSD Ports Collection. To install portsnap: AS ROOT: # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portsnap # make # make install If these operations run successfully you can now run portsnap. As root, perform this command: # portsnap fetch Portsnap will then retrieve the latest version of the Ports tree metadata. [...]

Getting in start a new screen session: screen attach to a running session: screen -r attach multiple terminals to an attached, running session: screen -rx the “ultimate attach”: screen -dRR (Attaches to a screen session. If the session is attached elsewhere, detaches that other display. If no session exists, creates one. If multiple sessions exist, [...]