Portfind for FreeBSD is a small software that uses /usr/ports/INDEX-* as well as /var/db/pkg to search for ports and output information about them, including the already installed version number. It includes a few options, one detailed and one short view.
Operational instructions
portfind pino
searches for ports which include the name “pino”. There are further options:
-a Search in all fields
-d Search in names and in the description
-p Search in names and in the port path
- m Search in names and maintainer (primarily Email adresses)
- D Search in names and dependencies
- f Show extended view
- n Shows the results in an extended overview (the standard is the short version)
- r Shows the number of search results behind the listing
- h Show help
- v Show version
Due to the search being based on the index data of the ports, them being up to date is important. You can update the data with
cd /usr/ports && sudo make index
Further help
After the installation you can access the program’s main page via “main portfind”.
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Installation
Portfind is included in the FreeBSD-Packages and is therefore easy to install:
pkg install portfind