In order to be able to build from the git repository (working directory), some files need to be (re-)generated. Note that these generated files will be shipped with "make dist", so the end user will not need these packages. The prerequisite packages are: - GNU autoconf >= 2.60 - GNU automake >= 1.8 - GNU gettext >= 0.14.3 - GNU m4 - bison or yacc - flex or lex On FreeBSD, install the autoconf, automake and gettext-tools ports (all from the devel/ category). After you have everything installed, type: $ ./autogen.sh This will take a while and may print a lot of messages containing "warning: unquoted definition of..." which are harmless. After that, build as usual, with $ ./configure --with-ssl # add more options as needed $ make (become root) # make install-strip -- Matthias Andree, 2016-04-16