From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 26 20:02:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BA3B16A423 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:02:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steven.lake@corecomm.com) Received: from mail2.mx.voyager.net (mail2.mx.voyager.net [216.93.66.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEAAD43D45 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:02:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steven.lake@corecomm.com) Received: from wks076lnng.corecomm.com (brick.voyager.net [209.153.128.248]) by mail2.mx.voyager.net (8.13.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id k2QK1tKS099146; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:01:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20060326150042.01b9d040@pop.voyager.net> X-Sender: steven.lake@pop.voyager.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:01:09 -0500 To: Chris Hill From: Steven Lake In-Reply-To: <20060326133702.T69019@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20060326131808.00bf56a8@pop.voyager.net> <5.2.0.9.2.20060326131808.00bf56a8@pop.voyager.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0612-4, 03/25/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dependencies 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: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:02:01 -0000 Hmm, definitely useful, but not quite what I'm looking for. At 01:40 PM 3/26/2006 -0500, Chris Hill wrote: >On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Steven Lake wrote: > >> Hi all. Ok, I'm having a total brain fart today. I've got a >> few apps that won't run and I need to find out the list of dependencies >> and what they're missing. But I can't remember for the life of me what >> the command I need is to view that list. I remember using it once where >> it would list the dependencies and tell either where they existed, or if >> they didn't exist, what the missing file was. Anyone remember that >> command? Thanks. > >I use pkg_info -Rr , where is the exact name of the >package. The -Rr options will tell you what the package depends on, and >what depends on the package. To find the exact package name, I do (for >example) pkg_info | grep firefox, which returns: > firefox-1.5.0.1_1,1 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla >...and the I know to do pkg_info -Rr firefox-1.5.0.1_1,1 > >HTH. > >-- >Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org >** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]