make and gmake on FreeNAS 8

[Largoh]

I've been using FreeNAS .7 on an old Dell for some time now.

The main reasons I use it for is Sabnzdb, SickBeard, a Webserver, UPnP for streaming to consoles and Tablets and Windows Share.

I recently decided to install an IRC bouncer on there rather than rent one. I managed to get "make" on my box so that I could install psyBNC, but I just couldn't get gmake installled and correctly compile shroudBNC.

I followed the guide on the .7 forums on the FreeBSD jail thing which seemed to work, but now I have all sorts of issues with Sab not showing what is currently downloading, Windows shares disappearing every few seconds and more.

I felt this was a great chance to get FreeNAS 8 on and buy some new Hardware. SO I've purchased a Intel D525MW Atom D525 1.8GHz VGA Out Mini-ITX Motherboard and 2GB RAM for the new NAS.

However, a few things I'm worried about with putting FreeNAS 8 on are:

1. Can I get "make" and "gmake" on there? I want to be able to run shroudBNC. Building my own C programs would be an advantage too.

2. What's this I hear about 8 not coming with a UPnP service? fuppes was a bit crap at times and needed a reboot every few days, but it did the job. Is there a better one available and is there any media streaming service built in?

3. How easy is it to upgrade SABnzdb to the latest versions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[jgreco]

You'll want to be aware that FreeNAS 8 is entirely different, and is based on NanoBSD. It doesn't directly support pretty much any of that, at least by default. You can set up a jail and load services up within it, however, you're sort of on your own if you choose that course.