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@@ -104,19 +104,13 @@ You can also try the `qmk-git` package from AUR:
### ** FreeBSD **
-#### Prerequisites
-
-You will need to install Git and Python. It's possible that you already have both, but if not, run the following commands to install them:
-
- pkg install git python3
-
-Make sure that `$HOME/.local/bin` is added to your `$PATH` so that locally installed Python packages are available.
-
#### Installation
-Install the QMK CLI by running:
+Install the FreeBSD package for QMK CLI by running:
- python3 -m pip install --user qmk
+ pkg install -g "py*-qmk"
+
+NOTE: remember to follow the instructions printed at the end of installation (use `pkg info -Dg "py*-qmk"` to show them again).
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@@ -162,12 +156,6 @@ After installing QMK you can set it up with this command:
In most situations you will want to answer `y` to all of the prompts.
-?>**Note on FreeBSD**:
-It is suggested to run `qmk setup` as a non-`root` user to start with, but this will likely identify packages that need to be installed to your
-base system using `pkg`. However the installation will probably fail when run as an unprivileged user.
-To manually install the base dependencies, run `./util/qmk_install.sh` either as `root`, or with `sudo`.
-Once that completes, re-run `qmk setup` to complete the setup and checks.
-
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?> The qmk home folder can be specified at setup with `qmk setup -H <path>`, and modified afterwards using the [cli configuration](cli_configuration.md?id=single-key-example) and the variable `user.qmk_home`. For all available options run `qmk setup --help`.