How to Install Peppermint on FreeBSD Latest

Peppermint is a relatively new Linux distribution that's lightweight, speedy, and user-friendly. It's based on Ubuntu, but with a minimal set of desktop applications, which makes it perfect for older or lower-end hardware. In this tutorial, we'll be guiding you through the process of installing Peppermint on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, please make sure that you have the following:

Steps

  1. Open a terminal window on your FreeBSD Latest installation.

  2. Update your FreeBSD package repositories and system packages to make it up to date:

sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
  1. Once updated, let's install the required dependencies for Peppermint to run on FreeBSD Latest:
sudo pkg install -y dbus-1.xdg-utils gvfs desktop-file-utils
  1. After installing the needed dependencies, download the latest version of Peppermint from their website:
wget https://peppermint.sh/releases/peppermint-10-amd64.iso
  1. Create a new directory where we'll mount the Peppermint ISO image:
sudo mkdir /mnt/peppermint
  1. Mount the Peppermint ISO as a loop device:
sudo mount -t cd9660 /path/to/peppermint-10-amd64.iso /mnt/peppermint/

Note: Replace /path/to/peppermint-10-amd64.iso with the actual path to your Peppermint ISO image file.

  1. Finally, we'll install Peppermint on FreeBSD with the bsdinstall tool. Run the following command:
sudo bsdinstall

Follow the installer's instructions to complete the installation process.

  1. Reboot your system after installation to start using Peppermint on your FreeBSD Latest installation.

Conclusion

That's it! You now have Peppermint installed on your FreeBSD Latest installation. Peppermint's lightweight design should make it a breeze to use on older or lower-end systems, while still being user-friendly. We hope this tutorial makes it easy for you to install Peppermint on FreeBSD Latest.

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