FreeBSD Tips&Tricks

FreeBSD HowTo.md

FreeBSD HowTos

Running FreeBSD from pre-installed disk

Preparing VM

1. Acuqire -RELEASE image file from an official site (e.g. https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/13.2/)
2. Resize image file to desired size

• A quick explanation of FreeBSD release versions - https://srobb.net/release.html

Initial setup

• Login as root and change password with passwd
• Add new user with adduser script. Add new user to wheel group, it will be used later by sudo command.

Installing ports

Update the system to current with freebsd-update

freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update install

Run pkg to prompt installation of a package manager

Install sudo

pkg install sudo

RUn visudo an duncomment %wheel line to allow userd of the wheel group to use sudo

• FreeBSD Handbook. Installing Applications: Packages and Ports - https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/

Install Window Manager

Install XFCE and dependencies:

pkg install xorg
pkg install slim
pkg install xfce

Install XFCE plugin

pkg install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

• https://unixcop.com/how-to-install-xfce-in-freebsd-13/

Install zsh

Install zsh package

pkg install zsh

Set default shell

chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh