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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Friedrich Locke <friedrich.locke@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: pkg_info
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 21:02:47 -0300, Friedrich Locke wrote:
> Coming from openbsd tradition, how may i install pkg_info on a fresh
> FreeBSD instalation ?

That is not possible. The pkg_* tools have been obsoleted
in FreeBSD 9, and they aren't available anymore for newer
releases due to infrastructure changes of the ports subsystem.

But the new pkg has an equivalent: "pkg info". See "man pkg"
and especially "man pkg-info" for details, was well as:

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/pkgng-intro.html

And for the relationship with the ports collection:

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html



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Polytropon
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Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...