EMBOSS is available for download from the primary site at the UK EMBnet node by anonymous ftp.
This directory contains the EMBOSS package and several associated packages (collectively known as EMBASSY) that are distributed with EMBOSS. Download these to a suitable location. Documentation is available on the WWW at the EMBOSS web site.
FreeBSD distributions from 4.2 onwards now include EMBOSS as an optional package maintained by Johann Visagie. Please see section 2.5 for more information on installation on FreeBSD.