This information was taken (and updated with information for unsupported releasses) from:
https://chatgpt.com/c/66e47308-57d4-8013-ac8f-e6b0bc806759
Thank you, Hendrik!
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Determine your FreeBSD version
# uname -r 11.2-RELEASE-p10
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Find the URL for the corresponding base.txz file
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If your release is still supported, you can download your base.txz file from:
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/
For example, for release 14.0 on the amd64 architecture:
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/14.0-RELEASE/base.txz
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If your release is not currently supported, you will find the release files in the archive here:
http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/
For example, for release 11.2 on the amd64 architecture:
http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/amd64/11.2-RELEASE/base.txz
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Download
# fetch http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/amd64/11.2-RELEASE/base.txz
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Extract the locale files
# tar -C / -xvf base.txz ./usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/
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Run tmux and enjoy!
# tmux