{"id":3161,"date":"2020-05-24T07:50:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T02:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2020-05-24T07:50:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T02:20:36","slug":"how-to-update-freebsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-update-freebsd\/","title":{"rendered":"How to update FreeBSD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In order to update FreeBSD, open a console in the system with root privileges and issue the following commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># freebsd-update fetch\n# freebsd-update install\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"302\" data-attachment-id=\"3162\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-update-freebsd\/update-freebsd\/\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Update-FreeBSD.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To update \u201c<strong>Ports<\/strong>\u201d package manager and installed software run the below command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># pkg update\n# pkg upgrade\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" data-attachment-id=\"3163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-update-freebsd\/update-freebsd-packages\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Update-FreeBSD-Packages.png?fit=720%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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