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+###FreeBSD
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+If you're using [FreeBSD](http://www.freebsd.org/), you may install getdns via the [ports tree](http://www.freshports.org/dns/getdns/) by running: `cd /usr/ports/dns/getdns && make install clean`
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 ###CentOS/RHEL 6.5
 
 We rely on the most excellent package manager fpm to build the linux packages which