From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 10:41:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEDE01065678 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:41:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C1178FC12 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:41:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from prawn.unsane.co.uk (150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net [212.84.117.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m5DAdmPf030521 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:39:50 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <48524EB3.7010406@unsane.co.uk> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:40:51 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080609) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Catalin Miclaus References: <96d454pk73ornom636es6caii1cl8h29dt@4ax.com> <485237E8.5070903@eskk.nu> <3A0AA7018522134597ED63B3B794C92A0220F428@STA-HQ-S001.starcomms.local> In-Reply-To: <3A0AA7018522134597ED63B3B794C92A0220F428@STA-HQ-S001.starcomms.local> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Ports] How to find where a port is located? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:41:12 -0000 I use cd /usr/ports && make search name=portname It will return extraneous results from time to time. eg. [/usr/ports](11:39:22) {root@prawn}#cd /usr/ports && make search name=lftp Port: lftp-3.7.3_1 Path: /usr/ports/ftp/lftp Info: Shell-like command line ftp client Maint: ganael.laplanche@martymac.com B-deps: expat-2.0.1 gettext-0.17_1 libiconv-1.11_1 R-deps: expat-2.0.1 gettext-0.17_1 libiconv-1.11_1 WWW: http://lftp.yar.ru/ Port: fusefs-curlftpfs-0.9.1_1 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-curlftpfs Info: Mount remote ftp directories Maint: infofarmer@FreeBSD.org B-deps: curl-7.18.0 fusefs-libs-2.7.2_1 gettext-0.17_1 glib-2.16.3_1 libiconv-1.11_1 pcre-7.7 perl-5.8.8_1 pkg-config-0.23_1 python25-2.5.2_2 R-deps: curl-7.18.0 fusefs-kmod-0.3.9.p1.20080208_1 fusefs-libs-2.7.2_1 gamin-0.1.9_2 gettext-0.17_1 gio-fam-backend-2.16.3_1 glib-2.16.3_1 libiconv-1.11_1 pcre-7.7 perl-5.8.8_1 pkg-config-0.23_1 python25-2.5.2_2 WWW: http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/ Vince Catalin Miclaus wrote: > Gilles skrev: >> Hello >> >> Currently, to find where a software is located under /usr/ports/, I >> rune the "find" command. Is there a database that I could query >> instead so that it gives out the whole path to that the application? >> >> Thank you. > > Try 'whereis portname'. > > > > > > Best Regards > Catalin Miclaus > Network/Security ISP-Data > Starcomms Ltd. > > > > Or > > http://www.se.freebsd.org/ports/index.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"