FreeBSD supports three methods for installing program :

1. Ports
2. Package
3. Source

Every method has its advantage and disadvantage :

• Ports, till time of writing, already reach 16984, wow. Supports many option, my favorite since beginning . Simply type make install .
• Package, for time consuming ports like cvsup I prefer use package for its small size. Package not provide option.
• Source, everything begin with source. If no ports or package available I use source.

Like debian or ubuntu ports make life easier, every dependency handling automatically as long you got internet connection

Pretty impressive list of ports number 16984, I don’t know all of them. Only related ports to sytem administration like apache, php, mysql etc.

Maybe I should explore the ports more for better understanding on how FreeBSD work.

Full list of FreeBSD ports to date :

• Accessibility (60) — Ports to help disabled users.
• Afterstep (34) — Ports to support the AfterStep window manager.
• Arabic (11) — Ported software for the Arabic market.
• Archivers (159) — Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data.
• Astro (89) — Applications related to astronomy.
• Audio (810) — Audio utilities – most require a supported sound card.
• Benchmarks (67) — Utilities for measuring system performance.
• Biology (83) — Software related to biology.
• Cad (90) — Computer Aided Design utilities.
• Chinese (138) — Ported software for the Chinese market.
• Comms (150) — Communications utilities.
• Converters (135) — Format conversion utilities.
• Databases (564) — Database software.
• Deskutils (233) — Various Desktop utilities.
• Devel (2593) — Software development utilities and libraries.
• Dns (123) — DNS client and server utilities.
• Editors (285) — Common text editors.
• Elisp (167) — Things related to Emacs Lisp.
• Emulators (184) — Utilities for emulating other OS types.
• Finance (71) — Monetary, financial and related applications.
• French (24) — Ported software for French countries.
• Ftp (122) — FTP client and server utilities.
• Games (990) — Various and sundry amusements.
• German (37) — Ported software for Germanic countries.
• Gnome (523) — Components of the Gnome Desktop environment.
• Gnustep (167) — Software for GNUstep desktop environment.
• Graphics (859) — Graphics libraries and utilities.
• Hamradio (40) — Software for amateur radio.
• Haskell (29) — Software related to the Haskell language.
• Hebrew (7) — Ported software for Hebrew language.
• Hungarian (12) — Ported software for the Hungarian market.
• Ipv6 (711) — IPv6 related software.
• Irc (132) — Internet Relay Chat utilities.
• Japanese (436) — Ported software for the Japanese market.
• Java (409) — Java language support.
• Kde (395) — Software for the K Desktop Environment.
• Korean (61) — Ported software for the Korean market.
• Lang (422) — Computer languages.
• Linux (222) — Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility.
• Lisp (30) — Things related to pure lisp.
• Mail (728) — Electronic mail packages and utilities.
• Math (421) — Mathematical computation software.
• Mbone (18) — Applications and utilities for the MBONE.
• Misc (501) — Miscellaneous utilities.
• Multimedia (285) — Multimedia software.
• Net (1153) — Networking utilities.
• Net-im (140) — Instant messaging software.
• Net-mgmt (228) — Network management utilities.
• Net-p2p (130) — Peer to peer networking software.
• News (117) — USENET News support software.
• Palm (43) — Software support for the Palm(tm) series.
• Parallel (36) — Applications dealing with parallelism in computing.
• Pear (211) — Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system.
• Perl5 (2897) — Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language.
• Plan9 (10) — Software from the Plan9 operating system.
• Polish (19) — Ported software for the Polish market.
• Ports-mgmt (49) — Utilities for managing ports and packages.
• Portuguese (14) — Ported software for the Portuguese market.
• Print (409) — Utilities for dealing with printing.
• Python (655) — Software related to the Python language.
• Ruby (298) — Software related to the Ruby language.
• Rubygems (64) — Packages for the RubyGems system.
• Russian (47) — Ported software for the Russian market.
• Scheme (45) — Software related to the Scheme language.
• Science (123) — Scientific software.
• Security (878) — System security software.
• Shells (39) — Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc).
• Spanish (7)
• Sysutils (778) — Various system utilities.
• Tcl80 (6) — TCL v8.0 and packages which depend on it.
• Tcl82 (3) — TCL v8.2 and packages which depend on it.
• Tcl83 (12) — TCL v8.3 and packages which depend on it.
• Tcl84 (69) — TCL v8.4 and packages which depend on it.
• Textproc (1159) — Text processing/search utilities.
• Tk80 (11) — Tk8.0 and packages which depend on it.
• Tk82 (10) — Tk8.2 and packages which depend on it.
• Tk83 (10) — Tk8.3 and packages which depend on it.
• Tk84 (98) — Tk8.4 and packages which depend on it.
• Tkstep80 (6) — tkstep wm and packages which depend on it.
• Ukrainian (12) — Ported software for the Ukrainian market.
• Vietnamese (21) — Ported software for the Vietnamese market.
• Windowmaker (124) — Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager.
• Www (1758) — WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc).
• X11 (388) — X Window System based utilities.
• X11-clocks (56) — X Window System based clocks.
• X11-fm (40) — X Window System based file managers.
• X11-fonts (137) — X Window System fonts and font utilities.
• X11-servers (18) — X Window System servers.
• X11-themes (191) — X Window System themes.
• X11-toolkits (298) — X Window System based development toolkits.
• X11-wm (123) — X Window System window managers.
• Xfce (57) — Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment.
• Zope (52) — Software related to the Zope platform.

Related Reading:

CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (Exam 640-802), Third Edition (Containing ICND1 and ICND2 Second Edition Exam Certification Guides)

CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide: Exam 640-802

Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE) Foundation Learning Guide: Foundation learning for the ROUTE 642-902 Exam (Self-Study Guide)

Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH) Foundation Learning Guide: Foundation learning for SWITCH 642-813 (Self-Study Guide)

Cisco ASA: All-in-One Firewall, IPS, Anti-X, and VPN Adaptive Security Appliance (2nd Edition)

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