That&#x27;s odd. Dead simple package management is one of PC-BSD&#x27;s biggest wins. That thread seems to be about running PC-BSD&#x27;s package managers on vanilla FreeBSD, which… yeah, I don&#x27;t know if that&#x27;s going to work very well. It doesn&#x27;t quite apply to running PC-BSD itself.<p>Did you find Cooltrainer&#x27;s page about FreeBSD desktops? [1] It may have come in handy during your exploration.<p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cooltrainer.org&#x2F;a-freebsd-desktop-howto&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cooltrainer.org&#x2F;a-freebsd-desktop-howto&#x2F;</a>