Re: how to easily find packages in ports

In reply to: hlyg : "how to easily find packages in ports"
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From: Matthias Petermann <mp_at_petermann-it.de>
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:21:37 UTC

Hello,

On 07.12.23 05:50, hlyg wrote:
> it's not easy to find packages via https://ports.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi
> 
> debian has 2 ways to find packages:
> 
> 1) https://packages.debian.org/stable/ allows you to browse packages
> 
> 2)extract and browse 
> http://ftp.sunet.se/debian/dists/Debian12.2/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
> 
> does freebsd have similiar ways to find packages?
> 
> 

There is Freshports (https://www.freshports.org/). Not sure if this an 
official site, but it is pretty convenient and current.

Kind regards
Matthias