From nobody Thu Dec 07 16:48:12 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4SmKw02BdQz53Gm3 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2023 16:48:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from mail.nrtc.syn-alias.com (mail.nrtc.syn-alias.com [129.213.214.220]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4SmKvz3Wy7z4W0k for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2023 16:48:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=peak.org header.s=synacor-nrtc header.b=BKBhDj4U; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of carlj@peak.org designates 129.213.214.220 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=carlj@peak.org; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=peak.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=peak.org; s=synacor-nrtc; c=relaxed/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@peak.org; t=1701967694; h=From:Subject:Date:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=4vTg7S8pBkQEFpSGIUFgLczEVVY=; b=BKBhDj4UgBMU75c5hX9Oz0H5Twg8/nSiD9/k55wIa/jWGGxbwCd0wHcShZZYpHRA 9vwO+uAYCKNaHMObm8ExaAhyQLmY52bQgnfHyJ3yo/f8yx6OfIK46LqR0BGcgKTk S4BRw39lOgrvb5u5IyTip8X4kt8S1EpdABn0miFg3giiVAmTk9dosHjqtdGI5+KM QWbcjc4RLWfMhHjUmLF3ofEwQqHoHQnB7j2PE5FFqkJG7Sce1mF99vL1TYftKjVc zqmPbu8tIistRQzVXUhu7ftAE6JIudMKkP4c7Znudc7gG6Hd5+G0Gwn1Oyeawo8a VfReykHB20ghCuk5bJGfnA==; X-Authed-Username: Y2FybGpAcGVhay5vcmc= Received: from [199.58.99.88] ([199.58.99.88:28666] helo=bay.localnet) by mail.peak.org (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 4.4.1.20033 r(msys-ecelerity:tags/4.4.1.0^0)) with ESMTPA id 90/B7-13900-E47F1756; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:48:14 -0500 Received: from carlj by bay.localnet with local (Exim 4.96.2 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1rBHXo-000D8H-2t for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:48:12 -0800 From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to easily find packages in ports In-Reply-To: <20231207074412.4d46f06d2818a9377b560b01@sohara.org> (Steve O'Hara-Smith's message of "Thu, 7 Dec 2023 07:44:12 +0000") References: <20231207074412.4d46f06d2818a9377b560b01@sohara.org> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:48:12 -0800 Message-ID: <86h6kugdrn.fsf@bay.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Vade-Verdict: clean X-Vade-Analysis-1: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvkedrudekfedgfedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhho X-Vade-Analysis-2: fhhilhgvmecuufgjpfetvefqtfdppfftvfevpdfgpfggqdfptffvvedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhht X-Vade-Analysis-3: mecufedtudenucenucfjughrpefhvffujghffffkfgggtgesthdttddttdertdenucfhrhhomhepvegr X-Vade-Analysis-4: rhhlucflohhhnhhsohhnuceotggrrhhljhesphgvrghkrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpedt X-Vade-Analysis-5: hffgudeffeffvdehgfektdehuedukedtlefggfdvtedvgeefudefieefvdeufeenucfkphepudelledr X-Vade-Analysis-6: heekrdelledrkeeknecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehinhgvthepudelledr X-Vade-Analysis-7: heekrdelledrkeekpdhhvghlohepsggrhidrlhhotggrlhhnvghtpdhmrghilhhfrhhomheptggrrhhl X-Vade-Analysis-8: jhesphgvrghkrdhorhhgpdhrtghpthhtohepfhhrvggvsghsugdqqhhuvghsthhiohhnshesfhhrvggv X-Vade-Analysis-9: sghsugdrohhrghdpmhhtrghhohhsthepshhmthhptddurdhnrhhttgdrvghmrghilhdqrghshhdurdhs X-Vade-Analysis-10: hihntgdrlhgrnhdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepuddpihhspghnrgepthhruhgvpdgruhhthhgpuhhsvghr X-Vade-Analysis-11: pegtrghrlhhjsehpvggrkhdrohhrgh X-Vade-Client: NRTC X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.20 / 15.00]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[peak.org:dkim]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[peak.org,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:129.213.214.220]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_VERYGOOD(-0.20)[129.213.214.220:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[peak.org:s=synacor-nrtc]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:31898, ipnet:129.213.208.0/21, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[129.213.214.220:from]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[peak.org:+]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4SmKvz3Wy7z4W0k X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Steve O'Hara-Smith writes: > On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 12:50:37 +0800 > hlyg wrote: > >> does freebsd have similiar ways to find packages? > > As well as freshports there's also pkg search which I find handy or > just browsing /usr/ports or running make search in there (after running > make index). I use the psearch port/package in the ports-mgmt section. It makes it much easier to do a search through ports. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org