Articles tagged with "FreeBSD"
Automating package updates on FreeBSD
When updating my ports, I prefer to use packages when I have not changed the options of a port. This describes how I do that.
Building ports with local modifications
Sometimes I have to build ports with local modifications. This can be for testing purposes, before submitting a PR or for improvements that only I consider important.
Compiling asymptote for TeXLive on FreeBSD
As of TeXLive 2015 there is no TeXLive binary for FreeBSD included anymore. So I’m building my own, using …
Updating python3 to 3.6
This article document how I updated python3 from version 3.5 to 3.6 on FreeBSD.
Installing asymptote 2.38 in TeXLive 2016
Since the previous article [1] I’ve updated TexLive to 2016. This comes with asymptote 2.38, but not with …
Finding your own files, fast
Inspired by this blog post by Julia Evans, I set up a quick way to find files in my home directory. This howto is based on FreeBSD, but should work (with some tweaking maybe) on Linux and OS-X as well.
Updating FreeBSD from source
Sometimes I need to update my FreeBSD operating system. I prefer to do that from the source code, so that …
Switching IPython to Python 3
More and more, IPython has become my tool of choice as the ultimate calculator and to try out concepts and …
Modifying a FreeBSD port
Installing software on FreeBSD is made easier by the
portssystem; a collection of Makefiles and patches that contains instructions …