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+![Kodi Logo](resources/banner_slim.png)
+
+# FreeBSD build guide
+This guide has been tested with FreeBSD 12.1 x86_64. Please read it in full before you proceed to familiarize yourself with the build procedure.
+
+Several other distributions have **[specific build guides](README.md)** and a general **[Linux build guide](README.Linux.md)** is also available.
+
+## Table of Contents
+1. **[Document conventions](#1-document-conventions)**
+2. **[Get the source code](#2-get-the-source-code)**
+3. **[Install the required packages](#3-install-the-required-packages)**
+ 3.1. **[Build missing dependencies](#31-build-missing-dependencies)**
+4. **[Build Kodi](#4-build-kodi)**
+ 4.1. **[Configure build](#41-configure-build)**
+ 4.2. **[Build](#42-build)**
+5. **[Build binary add-ons](#5-build-binary-add-ons)**
+6. **[Run Kodi](#6-run-kodi)**
+7. **[Uninstall Kodi](#7-uninstall-kodi)**
+8. **[Test suite](#8-test-suite)**
+
+## 1. Document conventions
+This guide assumes you are using `terminal`, also known as `console`, `command-line` or simply `cli`. Commands need to be run at the terminal, one at a time and in the provided order.
+
+This is a comment that provides context:
+```
+this is a command
+this is another command
+and yet another one
+```
+
+**Example:** Clone Kodi's current master branch:
+```
+git clone https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc kodi
+```
+
+Commands that contain strings enclosed in angle brackets denote something you need to change to suit your needs.
+```
+git clone -b <branch-name> https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc kodi
+```
+
+**Example:** Clone Kodi's current Krypton branch:
+```
+git clone -b Krypton https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc kodi
+```
+
+Several different strategies are used to draw your attention to certain pieces of information. In order of how critical the information is, these items are marked as a note, tip, or warning. For example:
+
+**NOTE:** Linux is user friendly... It's just very particular about who its friends are.
+**TIP:** Algorithm is what developers call code they do not want to explain.
+**WARNING:** Developers don't change light bulbs. It's a hardware problem.
+
+**[back to top](#table-of-contents)** | **[back to section top](#1-document-conventions)**
+
+## 2. Get the source code
+Make sure `git` is installed:
+```
+sudo pkg install git
+```
+
+Change to your `home` directory:
+```
+cd $HOME
+```
+
+Clone Kodi's current master branch:
+```
+git clone https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc kodi
+```
+
+**[back to top](#table-of-contents)**
+
+## 3. Install the required packages
+If you get a `package not found` type of message with the below command, remove the offending package(s) from the install list and reissue the command. Take a note of the missing dependencies and, after a successful step completion, **[build the missing dependencies manually](#31-build-missing-dependencies)**.
+
+**NOTE:** Kodi requires a compiler with C++17 support, i.e. gcc >= 7 or clang >= 5
+
+Install build dependencies:
+```
+sudo pkg install autoconf automake avahi-app binutils cmake curl dbus doxygen e2fsprogs-libuuid enca encodings flac flatbuffers font-util fontconfig freetype2 fribidi fstrcmp gawk gettext-tools giflib git glew gmake gmp gnutls googletest gperf gstreamer1-vaapi hal jpeg-turbo libaacs libass libbdplus libbluray libcapn libcdio libcec libedit libfmt libgcrypt libgpg-error libidn libinotify libmicrohttpd libnfs libogg libplist librtmp libtool libudev-devd libva libvdpau libvorbis libxslt lirc lzo2 m4 mesa-libs mysql57-client nasm openjdk8 p8-platform pkgconf python3 rapidjson shairplay sndio sqlite3 swig30 taglib tiff tinyxml xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xorg-server xrandr zip
+```
+
+**WARNING:** Make sure you copy paste the entire line or you might receive an error or miss a few dependencies.
+
+**NOTE:** For developers and anyone else who builds frequently it is recommended to install `ccache` to expedite subsequent builds of Kodi.
+
+You can install it with:
+```
+sudo pkg install ccache
+```
+
+**TIP:** If you have multiple computers at home, `distcc` will distribute build workloads of C and C++ code across several machines on a network. Team Kodi may not be willing to give support if problems arise using such a build configuration.
+
+You can install it with:
+```
+sudo pkg install distcc
+```
+
+### 3.1. Build missing dependencies
+See the general **[Linux build guide](README.Linux.md)** for reference.
+
+**[back to top](#table-of-contents)** | **[back to section top](#3-install-the-required-packages)**
+
+## 4. Build Kodi
+### 4.1. Configure build
+If you get a `Could NOT find...` error message during CMake configuration step, take a note of the missing dependencies and either install them from repositories (if available) or **[build the missing dependencies manually](#31-build-missing-dependencies)**.
+
+Create an out-of-source build directory:
+```
+mkdir $HOME/kodi-build
+```
+
+Change to build directory:
+```
+cd $HOME/kodi-build
+```
+
+Configure build:
+```
+cmake ../kodi -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
+```
+
+### 4.2. Build
+```
+cmake --build . -- VERBOSE=1 -j$(sysctl hw.ncpu | awk '{print $2}')
+```
+**TIP:** By adding `-j<number>` to the make command, you can choose how many concurrent jobs will be used and expedite the build process. It is recommended to use `-j$(sysctl hw.ncpu | awk '{print $2}')` to compile on all available processor cores.
+
+After the build process completes successfully you can test your shiny new Kodi build while in the build directory:
+```
+./kodi-x11
+```
+
+If everything was OK during your test you can now install the binaries to their place, in this example */usr/local*.
+```
+sudo gmake install
+```
+
+**NOTE:** `gmake` stands for *GNU Make*. BSD's own make does not work here.
+
+This will install Kodi in the prefix provided in **[section 4.1](#41-configure-build)**.
+
+**TIP:** To override Kodi's install location, use `DESTDIR=<path>`. For example:
+```
+sudo gmake install DESTDIR=$HOME/kodi
+```
+
+**[back to top](#table-of-contents)** | **[back to section top](#4-build-kodi)**
+
+## 5. Build binary add-ons
+You can find a complete list of available binary add-ons **[here](https://github.com/xbmc/repo-binary-addons)**.
+
+Change to Kodi's source code directory:
+```
+cd $HOME/kodi
+```
+
+Build all add-ons:
+```
+sudo gmake -j$(sysctl hw.ncpu | awk '{print $2}') -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons PREFIX=/usr/local
+```
+
+Build specific add-ons:
+```
+sudo gmake -j$(sysctl hw.ncpu | awk '{print $2}') -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons PREFIX=/usr/local ADDONS="audioencoder.flac pvr.vdr.vnsi audiodecoder.snesapu"
+```
+
+Build a specific group of add-ons:
+```
+sudo gmake -j$(sysctl hw.ncpu | awk '{print $2}') -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons PREFIX=/usr/local ADDONS="pvr.*"
+```
+For additional information on regular expression usage for ADDONS_TO_BUILD, view ADDONS_TO_BUILD section located at [Kodi add-ons CMake based buildsystem](../cmake/addons/README.md)
+
+**NOTE:** `PREFIX=/usr/local` should match Kodi's `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=` prefix used in **[section 4.1](#41-configure-build)**.
+
+**[back to top](#table-of-contents)**
+
+## 6. Run Kodi
+If you chose to install Kodi using `/usr` or `/usr/local` as the `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`, you can just issue *kodi* in a terminal session.
+
+If you changed `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=` to install Kodi into some non-standard location, you will have to run Kodi directly:
+```
+<CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX>/bin/kodi
+```
+
+To run Kodi in *portable* mode (useful for testing):
+```
+<CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX>/bin/kodi -p
+```
+
+**[back to top](#table-of-contents)**
+
+## 7. Uninstall Kodi
+```
+sudo gmake uninstall
+```
+**WARNING:**: If you reran CMakes' configure step with a different `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`, you will need to rerun configure with the correct path for this step to work correctly.
+
+If you would like to also remove any settings and third-party addons (skins, scripts, etc.) and Kodi configuration files, you should also run:
+```
+rm -rf ~/.kodi
+```
+
+**[back to top](#table-of-contents)**
+
+## 8. Test suite
+Kodi has a test suite which uses the Google C++ Testing Framework. This framework is provided directly in Kodi's source tree.
+
+Build and run Kodi's test suite:
+```
+gmake check
+```
+
+Build Kodi's test suite without running it:
+```
+gmake kodi-test
+```
+
+Run Kodi's test suite manually:
+```
+./kodi-test
+```
+
+Show Kodi's test suite *help* notes:
+```
+./kodi-test --gtest_help
+```
+
+Useful options:
+```
+--gtest_list_tests
+ List the names of all tests instead of running them.
+ The name of TEST(Foo, Bar) is "Foo.Bar".
+
+--gtest_filter=POSITIVE_PATTERNS[-NEGATIVE_PATTERNS]
+ Run only the tests whose name matches one of the positive patterns but
+ none of the negative patterns. '?' matches any single character; '*'
+ matches any substring; ':' separates two patterns.
+```
+
+**[back to top](#table-of-contents)**
+