Ports, searching
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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 | + | First, go into /usr/ports as root and make the search index -- making the index can take a while, so go get some coffee or something. Do all of this after you [[Update_the_ports_tree]].) |
dave@samizdata% '''su -''' | dave@samizdata% '''su -''' | ||
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[[Category: Common Tasks]] | [[Category: Common Tasks]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:32, 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 -- making the index can take a while, so go get some coffee or something. Do all of this after you 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.
