diff --git a/compile_examples.txt b/compile_examples.txt
index fd3c31d42..06b249683 100644
--- a/compile_examples.txt
+++ b/compile_examples.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
+## EXAMPLES of how to compiles on Linux and FreeBSD
+
 ## On Linux
+
 ## compile using gcc 4.8
-time CXX=g++-4.8 CC=gcc-4.8 make -j 5 build_deps
+time CXX=g++-4.8 CC=gcc-4.8 make
 
-## On Linux
 ## compile using clang 3.6 and stdc++4.8
-CXX=clang++-3.6 CC=clang-3.6 CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/c++/4.8/ -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/4.8" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8" make -j 5 build_deps
-CXX=clang++-3.6 CC=clang-3.6 CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/c++/4.8/ -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/4.8" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8" make -j 5
+CXX=clang++-3.6 CC=clang-3.6 CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/c++/4.8/ -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/4.8" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8" make
+
+====
+
+## On FreeBSD
+
+## compile using gcc 4.9
+CC=gcc49 CXX=g++49 LIBS="-Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib/gcc49 -liconv" CPPFLAGS=-D_GLIBCXX_USE_C99 gmake
+
+## compile using gcc 4.9
+CC=gcc48 CXX=g++48 LIBS="-Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib/gcc48 -liconv" CPPFLAGS=-D_GLIBCXX_USE_C99 gmake
+
+## compile using clang 3.7
+CC=clang37 CXX=clang++37 gmake