FreeBSD abd Python

FreeBSD OS Configuration

Edit file /etc/rc.conf

hostname="wattson.local"
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
sshd_enable="YES"
ntpdate_enable="YES"
ntpdate_hosts="ntp.cesnet.cz time1.google.com time2.google.com"
ntpd_enable="YES"

# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"

# Sendmail
sendmail_submit_enable="NO"
sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"
sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"

# VMware Tools  
vmware_guest_vmblock_enable="YES"  
vmware_guest_vmhgfs_enable="YES"  
vmware_guest_vmmemctl_enable="YES"  
vmware_guest_vmxnet_enable="YES"  
vmware_guestd_enable="YES"  

Restart the network configuration

/etc/rc.d/netif restart
/etc/rc.d/routing restart

OS Tuning

Edit file $HOME/.profile

 PS1="[${LOGNAME}@$(hostname)]$ ";    export PS1  

Software installation

pkg update
pkg install -y open-vm-tools-nox11

pkg install -y git

pkg install -y python3

ln -s  /usr/local/bin/python3.8 /usr/local/bin/python

GIT configuration

For more info about GIT configuration see http://intkb.blogspot.cz/2016/01/github.html

// *********** github config

git config --global user.name "davidpasek"

git config --global user.email "david.pasek@gmail.com"

// *********** Clone existing github repository

git clone https://github.com/davidpasek/python-scripts

Python configuration

Install pip Python package manager

Check Python version

python --version

Install pip

pkg install -y py38-pip

If symbolic link does not exist, create symbolic link (it should be created by default)

ln -s /usr/local/bin/pip-3.8 /usr/local/bin/pip

Upgrade pip to the latest version by using the following command

pip install --upgrade pip