Bisdro maintains multiple collections, or repositories, of software packages which can be freely downloaded and installed with pkg(8) on a computer running FreeBSD. Repositories themselves are also installed with pkg(8). Visit Depot to get started.
For each active repository, there is an archive repository, named by appending back to Bisdro, which contains previous versions of associated packages. Archive repositories allow users to downgrade (when necessary) a package from repository, instead of having to manually back up packages before each upgrade, and keeps updated repositories pleasantly warning-free.
Active
Configurations
- A_Bisdro_Portable_Other
- Bisdro_Daemond
- Bisdro_Daemond_Option
- Bisdro_Daemond_Other
- Bisdro_Daemond_Stack*
- Bisdro_Daemond_Stack_Portable*
- Bisdro_Official
- Bisdro_Official_Option
- Bisdro_Official_Other
- Bisdro_Official_Stack
- Bisdro_Official_Stack_Portable
- Bisdro_Portable_Other
- R_Bisdro_Portable_Other
Archive
Configurations
- A_Bisdroback_Portable_Other
- Bisdroback_Daemond
- Bisdroback_Daemond_Option
- Bisdroback_Daemond_Other
- Bisdroback_Daemond_Stack*
- Bisdroback_Daemond_Stack_Portable*
- Bisdroback_Official
- Bisdroback_Official_Option
- Bisdroback_Official_Other
- Bisdroback_Official_Stack
- Bisdroback_Official_Stack_Portable
- Bisdroback_Portable_Other
- R_Bisdroback_Portable_Other
*Currently unavailable
Supported FreeBSD ABIs
An Application Binary Interface (ABI) represents the combination of a FreeBSD version and a machine architecture.
Most, but not all, packages are maintained for every combination of versions and architectures below. For instance, there are no arm64 packages for version 10.
Versions
- 10-RELEASE
- 10-STABLE
- 11-RELEASE
- 11-STABLE
- 12-CURRENT
Architectures
- amd64
- arm64
- i386
Extended ABI - Leaf
Bisdro appends the standard FreeBSD ABI of OS:VERSION:MACHINE (i.e. FreeBSD:11:amd64) with a component, called LEAF, which accommodates both modifications to the FreeBSD source code and build options for software in the FreeBSD Ports Collection which have system-wide implications.
Leaf repositories are mutually exclusive. Any leaf other than Official is also incompatible with the FreeBSD repository, so it is disabled while such a repository is installed.
Official
The Official leaf represents unmodified source code obtained directly from FreeBSD.
Daemond
The Daemond leaf represents various modifications to the FreeBSD source code.
- OpenSSL is replaced with LibreSSL.
- The graphics stack uses drm-next.
Naming scheme
Each repository's name consists of components, separated by an underscore character (_), with a specific meaning.
Non-compiled source code
Repositories with a name component of Portable are cross-platform and contain packages which will install on any computer. Otherwise, a repository only contains packages for supported FreeBSD ABIs.
Non-standard source code
If the first component of a repository name after Bisdro[back] is not Portable, it names a Leaf repository.
Non-standard build options
Repositories with a name component of Option contain software which exists in the FreeBSD Ports Collection but is compiled with a different configuration.
Non-standard software
Repositories with a name component of Other contain software which does not exist in the FreeBSD Ports Collection. Eventually it would be nice to submit these for inclusion, but as of writing there is no in-house porting experience.
Non-standard prefix
If the first component of a repository name begins with Bisdro, it contains packages with a standard insallation prefix of /usr/local. Otherwise, it contains packages with a non-standard installation prefix.
A
A repository name whose first component is A contains software with an installation prefix of /conf, the location used by diskless(8) and Asides.
R
A repository name whose first component is R contains software with an installation prefix of /, allowing users who do not use Asides to use A packages.
Installation media
Repositories with a name component of Stack contain pre-installed software in various forms. As of writing, this is mostly FreeBSD images suitable for running Bisdro.