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@@ -58,9 +58,75 @@ $ sudo yum install nginx postgresql postgresql-server openssl gcc-c++ make redis
 ```
 
   5. You need to use a more up to date version of G++ in order to run the yarn install command, hence the installation of devtoolset-6.
+```
 $ sudo scl devtoolset-6 bash
 ```
 
+## FreeBSD
+
+On a fresh install of [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org), new system or new jail:
+
+  1. edit `/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf` to use latest instead quaterly (installation was tested with the latest repository), as root:
+
+```
+# ee /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
+```
+
+    change this line (11):
+
+```
+  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quaterly",
+```
+
+    to:
+
+```
+  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
+```
+
+  2. bootsrap pkg, initialize db and install peertube's dependencies, always as root (sudo not yet installed):
+
+```
+# pkg
+# pkg update
+# pkg install -y sudo bash wget git python nginx pkgconf vips postgresql96-server redis openssl node npm yarn ffmpeg unzip
+```
+
+  3. Allow users in the wheel group (hope you don't forgot to add your user on wheel group!) to use sudo
+
+```
+# visudo
+```
+
+    Uncomment the line 90
+
+```
+%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
+```
+
+  4. Enable nginx, redis, postgresql services and initialize database
+
+```
+# ee /etc/rc.conf
+```
+
+    Add the following lines
+
+```
+postgresql_enable="YES"
+redis_enable="YES"
+nginx_enable="YES"
+```
+
+        Initialize database and start services
+
+```
+# service postgresql initdb
+# service postgresql start
+# service redis start
+# service nginx start
+```
+
 ## Other distributions
 
 Feel free to update this file in a pull request!