# FreeBSD build

**URL:** https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/freebsd-build/562
**Category:** News
**Created:** [April 8, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/freebsd-build/562 "2022-04-08T16:05:04Z")
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### Author: ![michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/user_avatar/forum.castle-engine.io/michalis/32/3_2.png) [@michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/u/michalis)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/freebsd-build/562/1 "2022-04-08T16:05:04Z")

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| [![FreeBSD - CGE editor](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/VirtualBox_freebsd_05_04_2022_00_01_58-200x113.png)](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/VirtualBox_freebsd_05_04_2022_00_01_58.png "FreeBSD - CGE editor") |
| [![FreeBSD - CGE editor](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/VirtualBox_freebsd_05_04_2022_00_03_29-200x113.png)](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/VirtualBox_freebsd_05_04_2022_00_03_29.png "FreeBSD - CGE editor") |
| [![FreeBSD - CGE game](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/VirtualBox_freebsd_05_04_2022_00_05_46-200x113.png)](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/VirtualBox_freebsd_05_04_2022_00_05_46.png "FreeBSD - CGE game") |

I was playing with latest [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/) (after listening to an excellent talk about [the troubles with FreeBSD](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7tFvw34DM) which nicely discusses non-technical problems in large open-source volunteer-led project).

Naturally, I tested _Castle Game Engine_ on FreeBSD and it works flawlessly 🙂

I made a release of [current CGE for FreeBSD](https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine/releases/tag/snapshot-freebsd).

This was done just by

```
cd castle-engine/tools/internal/pack_release/
./pack_release.sh freebsd x86_64
```

The editor, build tool just work, based on FPC and Lazarus that are available in FreeBSD ports (install just by `pkg install fpc`, `pkg install editors/lazarus`).

_Note:_ This release is not rebuild automatically, unlike current _Linux_ and _Windows_ releases. But, well, let me know — we can make it rebuild automatically, if there’s interest! Otherwise, in a few weeks, this will be inevitably outdated. Of course you can always [rebuild CGE from sources](https://castle-engine.io/compiling_from_source.php) yourself on FreeBSD.

P.S. Don’t worry about low FPS on a screenshot — this was done in a virtual machine.