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Down FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-i386.vhd.xz
from VM-IMAGES

Supported FreeBSD releases

Branch Expected EoL
stable/14 November 30, 2028
stable/13 April 30, 2026

12.4-RELEAS December 31, 2023

import to vbox

New -> VM

Name: FreeBSD32

In the VHD step, select “Use an Existing Virtual Hard Disk File”.
Hard Disk Selector:
Click the “Add” button, and then select “FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-i386.vhd” in the file dialog box。

shutdown

# shutdown -p now

pkg

  • search
$ sudo pkg search SOFTNAME | more
  • clean
pkg clean # cleans /var/cache/pkg/
rm -rf /var/cache/pkg/* # just remove it all
pkg update -f # forces update  of repository catalog
rm /var/db/pkg/repo-*.sqlite # removes all remote repository catalogs
pkg bootstrap -f # forces reinstall of pkg

source

  • custom repo
# mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
# echo "FreeBSD: { enabled: no }" > /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
  • see
# ee /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
  • update
# pkg update -f

gcc

current version:

# pkg install lang/gcc

specified version:

pkg install lang/gcc8

gnu make

# pkg install gmake

gdb

# pkg install gdb

git

# pkg install git

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