-. Install these packages. These packages are all of the software needed to edit and build FreeBSD documentation. The Git package is needed to obtain a working copy of the documentation and generate patches with.
+. Install these packages. The `docproj` _meta-port_ installs all the applications required to do useful work with the FreeBSD documentation.
-. Optional: to generate PDF documentation install `asciidoctor-pdf`
-+
-[source,shell]
-....
-# pkg install rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf
+# pkg install docproj python3
....
+
. Install a local working copy of the documentation from the FreeBSD repository in [.filename]#~/doc# (see crossref:working-copy[working-copy,The Working Copy]).