Ports, searching

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.