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Fear not: the ports tree is searchable for relevant stuff without having to resort to [[find]], [[grep]] or going through each section in the most mind-numbing way possible.
 
Fear not: the ports tree is searchable for relevant stuff without having to resort to [[find]], [[grep]] or going through each section in the most mind-numbing way possible.
  
First, go into /usr/ports as root and make the search index (do all of this after [[Update_the_ports_tree]].
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First, go into /usr/ports as root and make the search index (do all of this after [[Update_the_ports_tree]].)
  
 
  dave@samizdata% '''su -'''
 
  dave@samizdata% '''su -'''

Revision as of 09:45, 26 August 2004

I know what I want but I don't know what it's called

Fear not: the ports tree is searchable for relevant stuff without having to resort to find, grep or going through each section in the most mind-numbing way possible.

First, go into /usr/ports as root and make the search index (do all of this after Update_the_ports_tree.)

dave@samizdata% su -
password:
samizdata# cd /usr/ports
samizdata# make index

then

samizdata# make search key=browser | more

which will search for any ports that have anything to do with the key word "browser" or

samizdata# make search name=lynx | more

which will search for any packages by the name you supply.

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