Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 02:51:39 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Friedrich Locke <friedrich.locke@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_info Message-ID: <20170608025139.e84a4a3e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CANMDHqc_0J8KRVbvo75pD%2BJsc770N33y45bRtUBNGWb4okZXTg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANMDHqc_0J8KRVbvo75pD%2BJsc770N33y45bRtUBNGWb4okZXTg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 21:02:47 -0300, Friedrich Locke wrote: > Coming from openbsd tradition, how may i install pkg_info on a fresh > FreeBSD instalation ? That is not possible. The pkg_* tools have been obsoleted in FreeBSD 9, and they aren't available anymore for newer releases due to infrastructure changes of the ports subsystem. But the new pkg has an equivalent: "pkg info". See "man pkg" and especially "man pkg-info" for details, was well as: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/pkgng-intro.html And for the relationship with the ports collection: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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