Are ports architecture-specific?

[thorpemark]

Hi all, had a look around, but not sure about the answer. If I install FReeBSD on my Mac Mini G4, will the port of Plex Media server work?

Cheers

 

[kpa]

Most of the ports are portable across all architectures but some ports are restricted to certain architectures. You can check in the port Makefile for lines like

ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386

those are a sure sign that port is restricted to only certain architectures.

 

[thorpemark]

Excellent, you have saved me a tonne of time! My PPC Mac will never be a Plex server!