**Status of %%FreeBSD%% ports on %%PowerPC%% built using gcc**

===== Overview =====

As of this writing (20210128), ports on powerpc (%%FreeBSD%% 11 and 12) are built using the (ancient) base system GCC 4.2.1.  The comments in this file apply to ports built using that compiler.  If you are using e.g. 11-STABLE or 12-STABLE, this page is for you.  If you are using 13-STABLE or 14-CURRENT, this page does not apply.

The status of [[powerpc/ports/PortsOnClang|ports built with clang]] is different.

Almost all ports do build via gcc.  Pre-built packages are available for 12.1R via the usual methods.  Only the quarterly branch is built for 12.1R.

However, as powerpc64 is a [[https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html|tier-2]] platform in %%FreeBSD%%, ports are not at parity with e.g. amd64; there are still a number of ports ignored, skipped, and failing to build.  We have several volunteers working on the problem but more are needed, especially in the area of testing.

Please contact [[/MarkLinimon|MarkLinimon]] if you want to help and/or to see the error log from the last time any of the failing ports was attempted.

===== Buildable ports =====

==== Known-working ports ====

  * The development ports (pkg, poudriere, rsync, screen, etc.) are well-tested.
  * The production versions of gcc* and llvm* are known to work.
  * X11 works.  There are atcive patches to fix the color problems seen on big-endian.

You may use either [[https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/|drm-legacy-kmod]] or [[https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-current-kmod/|drm-current-kmod]].

  * twm and xfce4 work.
  * otter-browser works until you hit javascript (segfaults).  (There is something broken in qt5-webkit.)
  * libreoffice is believed believed to work.

==== Other known-buildable ports ====

  * Most of the server-class ports build.
  * lxde, lumina, and mate build.
  * gnome3 and gnome3-lite build.

==== Buildable but non-working ports ====

  * none currently

===== Non-buildable ports =====

  * see [[powerpc/ports]] for the list of failures common to both compilers.

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