Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:48:03 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> To: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Getting a list of dependencies which have to be installed ? Message-ID: <4581B883.4050703@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <45819393.20700@gmx.net> References: <45819393.20700@gmx.net>
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Frank Staals wrote: > Hey..., > > Is there a utility to display the dependencies of a port which have yet > to be installed ? I know you can get a complete dependency list on > freebsd.org/ports , pkg_info -r or just looking in the files in the > ports dir. But is there a command to display only the dependencies which > haven't been installed on your system yet ? I also looked at pkg_add -n > but it immediately starts fetching the packages needed. I don't want to > start downloading the complete package just because I want a list of > ports I haven't installed yet. Hi Frank, It's not exactly what you want but at least it contains what you want: portmanager -s displays the status of each port including missing dependencies. Chris
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