Solved If I didn't select specific components during bsdinstall can I install them later?

[kuroneko]

Say for example I didn't select things like ports or lib32 during the bsdinstall, could I install those later after installation or would I need to reinstall to get those? If I can then how would I do that?

 

[FleurNoire]

Ports you can install with git as described in the Handbook Chapter 4.5.1
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/

lib32.txz you can copy from the installation media and extract it with tar -C / -xpf lib32.txz, and run freebsd-update fetch install after that, to update the lib32 to the same patch level.

 

[Emrion]

Of course, you can.

Chapter 4. Installing Applications: Packages and Ports

FreeBSD provides two complementary technologies for installing third-party software: the FreeBSD Ports Collection, for installing from source, and packages, for installing from pre-built binaries

docs.freebsd.org

How to install lib32

I didn't install lib32 when I first installed FBSD14.0, now I need it, how do I install them now and how do I let the system know that they are installed?

forums.freebsd.org

 

[kuroneko]

Thanks, now I can finally use ports so I don't need those useless dependencies on some packages.