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authorjohalun <johalun0@gmail.com>2017-01-12 13:16:09 -0800
committerJoe Wilm <jwilm@users.noreply.github.com>2017-01-18 22:28:16 -0800
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Make it run on FreeBSD
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@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ will walk you through how to build from source on both macOS and Ubuntu.
```sh
rustup override set nightly
```
-
+
If you run into problems, you can try a known-good version of the compiler by running
-
+
```sh
rustup override set $(<rustc-version)
```
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ On [Void Linux](https://voidlinux.eu), install following packages before compili
xbps-install cmake freetype-devel freetype expat-devel fontconfig xclip
```
+##### FreeBSD
+
+On FreeBSD, you need a few extra libraries to build Alacritty. Here's a `pkg`
+command that should install all of them. If something is still found to be
+missing, please open an issue.
+
+```sh
+pkg install cmake freetype2 fontconfig xclip
+```
+
##### Other
If you build Alacritty on another Linux distribution, we would love some help