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Date:      Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:51:06 -0500
From:      Kyle Hanson <hanooter@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Where did my port go?
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To clarify I could use the haskell commands "runhaskell" cabal etc
yesterday. When I restarted my computer it can't find the command so I cant
use where is. The commands disappeared.
On Jul 29, 2012 7:46 PM, "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:52:24 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > whereis name
> >
> > will show where the program name is.
>
> And "which <name>" can work similarly, but you need to know the
> name to ask for. If it's not the same as the port name, you need
> to find it out first. This particular Haskell port werks that
> way: There is no "haskell" binary installed by that name. If
> the port installed is a metaport, you need to track some
> references (Makefile or pkg-plist) or check the info in the
> package database at /var/db/pkg.
>
> The port name in question was "hs-haskell-platform", and by
> doing the previously mentioned investigation, it's probably
> the "ghc" or "runhaskell" command. I'm not familiar with
> Haskell, so I can only guess. :-)
>
>
> --
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>



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