更新完ports tree後，可以再下載ports的索引檔，這是用來搜尋ports有什麼軟體時會用得上的。請依以下步驟：
root@myhost [~] > cd /usr/ports root@myhost [/usr/ports] > make fetchindex
要裝portupgrade？首先要知道它在ports下確切的目錄。
root@myhost [~] > cd /usr/ports root@myhost [/usr/ports] > make search name="portupgrade"
Port: portupgrade-2.2.6_3,2 Path: /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade Info: FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool suite Maint: sem@FreeBSD.org B-deps: ruby-1.8.6,1 R-deps: db41-4.1.25_4 perl-5.8.8 ruby-1.8.6,1 ruby18-bdb-0.6.0 WWW: http://wiki.freebsd.org/portupgrade Port: portupgrade-devel-2.3.0_5 Path: /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel Info: FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool suite (devel version) Maint: sem@FreeBSD.org B-deps: ruby-1.8.6,1 R-deps: db41-4.1.25_4 perl-5.8.8 ruby-1.8.6,1 ruby18-bdb-0.6.0 WWW: http://wiki.freebsd.org/portupgrade Port: sysutils/portupgrade Moved: ports-mgmt/portupgrade Date: 2007-02-05 Reason: Moved to a new category Port: sysutils/portupgrade-devel Moved: ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel Date: 2007-02-05 Reason: Moved to a new category
這時候我們就知道portupgrade這個軟體在/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade這個目錄下。
接下來我們就切換到該目錄。
root@myhost [/usr/ports] > cd ports-mgmt/portupgrade
下達以下指令：
root@myhost [/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade] > make install clean