Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 14:47:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "John Johnstone" <jjohnstone@tridentusa.com>, "Jeffry Killen" <jekillen@prodigy.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freetype in ports? Message-ID: <60123.128.135.70.2.1432151228.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20150520213003.81724640.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <A59CC0EB-8F5D-47DF-8800-BC433DE1939C@prodigy.net> <20150520200456.49f6ee31.freebsd@edvax.de> <50466.128.135.70.2.1432145863.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <555CDD7B.5060102@tridentusa.com> <20150520213003.81724640.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, May 20, 2015 2:30 pm, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 2015 15:16:11 -0400, John Johnstone wrote: >> On 5/20/15 2:17 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> > >> > On Wed, May 20, 2015 1:04 pm, Polytropon wrote: >> >> On Wed, 20 May 2015 10:36:17 -0700, Jeffry Killen wrote: >> >>> Hello; >> >>> >> >>> I want to add freetype to system so I can build php5.6x with GD, >> with >> >>> freetype >> >>> ttf font support. >> >>> >> >>> I did >> >>> find /usr/ports *freetype* and no match came up >> >>> >> >>> same with >> >>> find /usr/ports FreeType2 and no match came up >> > >> > I would use unix find comand as follows: >> > >> > find /usr/ports -name \*freetype\* >> > >> > But the suggestion by Mr. Polytropon below is much better (as it >> doesn't >> > care about case to the contrary to find command above... >> >> How about -iname? > > Also possible, but it will find _any_ file (or even directory) > which contains the search pattern. This may be a lot, whereas > the _question_ you want answered is: Where does <something> live > within the ports tree? For this question, I think using "make search" > is the more convenient method, especially because of its output: > Whereas find will list (correctly) found files and directories, > "make search" will give you the port directory and additional > information. In my opinion, this is easier to read. > > By the way, you can turn > > # cd /usr/src > # make search name="freetype" > > into > > # make -C /usr/ports search name="freetype" > Thanks Mr. Polytropon! The moment I saw your suggestion I told myself I will never use unix find command when I need something related to ports make search name="[whatever]" in /usr/ports makes much more sense. You learn something every day! Valeri > and create a shell alias, if you need this more often. :-) > > Even better: If you intend to search for some word(s) in the > ports description, use key= instead of name= to search for > keywords. > > Finally allow me to repeat "man 7 ports" which lists several > other search "queries". > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > 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" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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