Installing Podman on FreeBSD Latest

Podman is a lightweight container engine that allows you to run containers without the need for a separate daemon. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Podman on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Podman, you need to ensure that your environment has the following prerequisites:

• A FreeBSD Latest system
• Superuser privileges on the system
• The system is up-to-date with the latest patches and updates

Steps

1. Install the necessary packages by running the following command:

   sudo pkg install -y libdevmapper bash e2fsprogs-lite ostree dbus
   

2. Install the containers-common package by running the following command:

   sudo pkg install -y containers-common
   

3. Add the following line to your shell configuration file, /etc/profile:

   export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
   

4. Download the Podman release package from the official website by running the following command:

   curl -o podman.pkg.tar.xz https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/download/v3.1.0/podman-3.1.0-freebsd-amd64.pkg.tar.xz
   

5. Extract the package by running the following command:

   tar xf podman.pkg.tar.xz
   

6. Install the package using the pkg command:

   sudo pkg install -y podman-3.1.0-freebsd-amd64.pkg
   

7. Verify the installation by running the following command:

   podman version
   

   If everything is installed correctly, you should see the Podman version information.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install Podman on FreeBSD Latest. Once installed, you can use Podman to run containers without the need for a separate daemon.

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