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Date:      Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:34:06 +0100
From:      Matt Smith <fbsd@xtaz.co.uk>
To:        Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
Cc:        Freebsd Questions <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How to find port name to use with the pkg install command
Message-ID:  <20160923123406.GA1148@xtaz.uk>
In-Reply-To: <57E51A69.9030602@gmail.com>
References:  <57E51A69.9030602@gmail.com>

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On Sep 23 08:04, Ernie Luzar wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>I am having trouble finding the port name to use with the "pkg 
>install" command. I used to use the ports web site

Can't you just use pkg search <thing to search for> ? So if I try pkg 
search postfix I see this: postfix-3.1.2_2,1 Secure alternative to 
widely-used Sendmail. Then I can run pkg install postfix-3.1.2_2,1 to 
install it.

-- 
Matt



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