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FreeBSD pkg_add
A utility for installing software package distributions. This uses packages, not ports.
Download package from FreeBSD mirrors
pkg_add -r bash
Install package list from stdin
echo bash | pkg_add -
Ignore dependencies
pkg_add --no-deps bash pkg_add -i bash
Perform a dry run
pkg_add --dry-run bash pkg_add -n bash
OpenBSD pkg_add
Install a package
pkg_add bash
