Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:37:27 -0400 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, Dinesh Nadarajah <dinesh_list@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: Howto find packages Message-ID: <20031016213727.GB382@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20031016160121.GA14726@users.munk.nu> References: <20031016145900.93573.qmail@web80401.mail.yahoo.com> <20031016154406.GA5114@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20031016160121.GA14726@users.munk.nu>
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in message <20031016160121.GA14726@users.munk.nu>, wrote Jez Hancock thusly... > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:44:06PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:59:00AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: > > > For eample, in Debian, I can use "apt-cache search mozilla" and this > > > will list all packages with mozilla in it and then I can select the > > > package for installation. > > > > You can use the ports tree to search for what ports/packages are > > available: > > > > % cd /usr/ports > > % make search key=foo > > % make search name=bar ... > I noticed a useful looking port tool here recently: > > /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/portsearch (path corrected) > Another simple way is to search the INDEX file directly: > > grep "^mozilla" /usr/ports/INDEX There is also a perl module as a port to find various things about a port... /usr/ports/textproc/p5-FreeBSD-Ports ...author's web page... http://people.freebsd.org/~tom/portpm/ Now to toot my own horn, solid steel perl wheel reinvented (version =>5.6 syntax that could be easily molded for use w/ version 5.005)... http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/parse-index.perl http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/parse-index.perl.pod Supporting module: http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/modules/Util.pm ...mind you that the path for the supporting module, Util.pm, needs to be manually adjusted in parse-index.perl. - Parv --
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