From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 2 19: 5:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7351737B401 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 19:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f8325KR08628; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 19:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109030205.f8325KR08628@ptavv.es.net> To: "D. P. Kreil" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Browser/manager tool for ports avail? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 02 Sep 2001 03:00:21 -0000." Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 19:05:20 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: "D. P. Kreil" > Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 03:00:21 +0000 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Hi, > > I am using 4.3-RELEASE. > > Is there a browser/manager tool for a file local ports collection available? > "make search ..." is useful, but a more interactive tool would help me get a > better overview. Try installing pib from ports/sysutils/pib. It's a very nice tool that shows things like dependencies and allows you to "walk" up and down the dependency tree. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message