Steps #
- Default install using Ventoy USB with FreeBSD install ISO
- update pkg by running to install any package ex. pkg install vim
- pkg install bash
- Install video drivers for ati - ref AMD section in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/. This should take the screen to VGE mode with max resolution
- Make default shell bash: chsh and edit (vim editor runs) the tcsh out with bash
- install kde5, xorg, xfce, firefox-esr, mc, elinks, htop, libreoffice
- allow root to login as ssh: edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set PermitRootLogin to yes; restart sshd
Tips #
Make root writable in single user mode (if you cannot login as root because you messed up the shell or have some corruption:
Commands:
fsck -y
mount -u /
mount -a -t ufs
swapon -aYou can now edit files in /.
pkg breaks after upgrade (error - “ld-elf.so.1” … “not found”)
pkg-static -v
pkg-static install -f pkg
pkg upgrade -f🔴
Last updated: 16 Jan 2026
