Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:40:51 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Catalin Miclaus <catalin@starcomms.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Ports] How to find where a port is located? Message-ID: <48524EB3.7010406@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3A0AA7018522134597ED63B3B794C92A0220F428@STA-HQ-S001.starcomms.local> References: <96d454pk73ornom636es6caii1cl8h29dt@4ax.com> <485237E8.5070903@eskk.nu> <3A0AA7018522134597ED63B3B794C92A0220F428@STA-HQ-S001.starcomms.local>
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I use
cd /usr/ports && make search name=portname
It will return extraneous results from time to time.
eg.
[/usr/ports](11:39:22)
{root@prawn}#cd /usr/ports && make search name=lftp
Port: lftp-3.7.3_1
Path: /usr/ports/ftp/lftp
Info: Shell-like command line ftp client
Maint: ganael.laplanche@martymac.com
B-deps: expat-2.0.1 gettext-0.17_1 libiconv-1.11_1
R-deps: expat-2.0.1 gettext-0.17_1 libiconv-1.11_1
WWW: http://lftp.yar.ru/
Port: fusefs-curlftpfs-0.9.1_1
Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-curlftpfs
Info: Mount remote ftp directories
Maint: infofarmer@FreeBSD.org
B-deps: curl-7.18.0 fusefs-libs-2.7.2_1 gettext-0.17_1 glib-2.16.3_1
libiconv-1.11_1 pcre-7.7 perl-5.8.8_1 pkg-config-0.23_1 python25-2.5.2_2
R-deps: curl-7.18.0 fusefs-kmod-0.3.9.p1.20080208_1 fusefs-libs-2.7.2_1
gamin-0.1.9_2 gettext-0.17_1 gio-fam-backend-2.16.3_1 glib-2.16.3_1
libiconv-1.11_1 pcre-7.7 perl-5.8.8_1 pkg-config-0.23_1 python25-2.5.2_2
WWW: http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/
Vince
Catalin Miclaus wrote:
> Gilles skrev:
>> Hello
>>
>> Currently, to find where a software is located under /usr/ports/, I
>> rune the "find" command. Is there a database that I could query
>> instead so that it gives out the whole path to that the application?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> Try 'whereis portname'.
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> Best Regards
> Catalin Miclaus
> Network/Security ISP-Data
> Starcomms Ltd.
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> Or
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> http://www.se.freebsd.org/ports/index.html
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