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On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, the wise Dale Scott wrote:

> [...] If the application was created for Linux, you may need to install 
> and configure the GNU build chain first, and also expect to encounter 
> problems along the way. [...]

If the application was created for Linux then it should be ported first so 
that it can be build/installed by ports. That's the point of the 
portstree: applications ported from other systems, so that it installs 
and runs on FreeBSD.

-- 
I wish there was a knob on the TV where you could turn up the
intelligence.  They've got one called brightness, but it doesn't
seem to work.
 		-- Gallagher