Fabric is a popular automation tool used for deploying and managing remote servers. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Fabric on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we proceed with Fabric installation, please ensure that your FreeBSD system is up-to-date:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
We will start by installing Python since Fabric runs on Python. To install Python on FreeBSD, run the following command:
sudo pkg install python3
Pip is a package manager for Python that allows you to install and manage Python packages. To install Pip on FreeBSD, run the following command:
sudo pkg install py37-pip
Once Pip is installed, you can install Fabric by running the following command:
sudo pip install fabric
To verify that Fabric has been successfully installed, run the following command in your terminal:
fab --version
If Fabric is correctly installed, you should see the installed version of Fabric on your screen.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Fabric on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start using Fabric to automate and manage your remote servers.
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