first let's grab an updated version of ports: do only once ! use the update command below afterwards

portsnap fetch

once done let's extract it:

portsnap extract

all in one:

portsnap fetch extract

:!:Later, update the tree using:

portsnap fetch update

I use Vim :) so:

whereis vim
vim: /usr/ports/editors/vim

let's compile it + its dependencies:

cd /usr/ports/editors/vim
make install clean

go grab tea/coffee!

Let's go graphical!

whereis xorg
cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg
make install clean

Continue on drinking coffee/tea After some minutes, we have Xorg installed, now we need to configure it:

/usr/local/bin/Xorg -configure
cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add your user to the video and wheel groups

pw groupmod wheel -M < your user>
pw groupmod video -M < your user>

Add those lines in /etc/rc.conf:

hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES

Some login manager, I like it simple :)

cd /usr/local/x11/xdm
make install clean

edit /etc/ttys

ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on secure

check your ~/.xsession-errors files for problems if you cannot login I had to install xsm …

Let's have some more modern Window Manager

 cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/fluxbox
make install clean BATCH=yes

Add the following in you ~/.xinitrc:

exec startfluxbox

Let's install some virtual machine thus an hypervisor

 cd /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose
 make install clean BATCH=yes

edit /boot/loader.conf to add:

vboxdrv_load="YES"

edit /etc/rc.conf :

vboxnet_enable="YES"

Reboot

pw groupmod vboxusers -m <username>

smooth restrictions:

chown root:vboxusers /dev/vboxnetctl
chmod 0660 /dev/vboxnetctl

compilation ends with errors … no pkg available( pkg_add does not work here…) So end of test and waste of time

Checklist for further tests:

 cd /usr/ports/pots-mgmt/portmaster
make install clean BATCH=yes

• wifi works
• named/local dns (optional but prefered)
• sysutils/automounter
• hal/dbus/amd setup
• bootsplash enhancements
• https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html portmaster

References

• https://openclassrooms.com/courses/a-la-decouverte-d-unix-freebsd
• https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition
• https://www.banym.de/freebsd/freebsd-10-1-using-uefi
• http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/147939/freebsd-10-with-root-on-zfs-using-only-a-part-of-the-disk
• https://lildude.co.uk/zfs-cheatsheet/
• http://www.bsdnow.tv/tutorials/zfs
• https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-xdm.html
• https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/virtualization-host-virtualbox.html
• https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html
• http://srobb.net/fbsdquickwireless.html