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Emulab FAQ: Software Setup: How to build FreeBSD ports
Emulab FAQ: Software Setup: How to build FreeBSD ports
The best way is to create a local copy of the ports tree for the appropriate version of FreeBSD you are running:
VERS=6.2 # or 4.10 or 5.4, whatever your version sudo mkextrafs /usr/ports # need a large FS cd /usr sudo tar xzf /share/freebsd/$VERS/ports.tar.gz
Then you can just cd to some /usr/ports directory and "make ; make install" or use portupgrade if it is installed (should be on VERS <= 6.2)