firebird 2.0 in the freebsd ports repository
the freshports page is here.
What is a port?
A port is the term used to describe a collection of files which makes it extremely easy to install an application. As it says in the FreeBSD Ports description: Installing an application is as simple as downloading the port, unpacking it and typing make in the port directory.
For more information about the Ports tree, see http://www.freebsd.org/ports/.
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