How to install perforce client to freebsd

Instruction

Follow below steps in sequence

Step 1 - Get the freebsd version using "uname -a" command. Please give special attention to highlighted text below

Freebsd version

root@freebsdnew:~ # uname -a

FreeBSD freebsdnew 8.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE #0 r251259: Sun Jun 2 21:26:57 UTC 2013 root@bake.isc.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64

Step 2 - Download p4 executable for correct freebsd version (use wget command). Refer below screenshot for reference.

You will get the p4 binary

Step 3 - Make p4 binary executable using 'chmod +x p4'.

Step 4 (optional) - You can optionally copy p4 to /usr/local/bin. So, p4 any be run from any directory path

Step 5 - Note that you need to define P$CONFIG env variable for using p4.

P4 config

[root@freebsdnew ~]# echo $P4CONFIG

/root/.p4env

[root@freebsdnew ~]# cat /root/.p4env

P4PORT=p4server.mycompany.net:1997

P4USER=thisuser

P4CLIENT=thisuser_freebsd

P4DIFF=vimdiff

P4PASSWD=abcd

Step 6 - Test p4

p4 command output

[root@freebsdnew ~]# p4

Perforce -- the Fast Software Configuration Management System.

p4 is Perforce's client tool for the command line. Try:

p4 help simple list most common commands

p4 help commands list all standard commands

p4 help command help on a specific command

p4 help administration help on specialized administration topics

p4 help charset help on character set translation

p4 help configurables list server configuration variables

p4 help environment list environment and registry variables

p4 help filetypes list supported file types

p4 help jobview help on jobview syntax

p4 help networkaddress help on network address syntax

p4 help revisions help on specifying file revisions

p4 help streamintro introduction to streams

p4 help usage generic command line arguments

p4 help views help on view syntax

p4 help replication help on specialized replication topics

p4 help dvcs help on decentralized Perforce configurations

p4 help legal legal and license information

The full user manual is available at http://www.perforce.com/manual.

Server 2015.1/1126382.

Its ready for use.

Reference

https://www.perforce.com/downloads/helix#clients

https://www.perforce.com/perforce/r12.2/manuals/p4guide/01_install.html