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Date:      Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:48:12 -0800
From:      Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to easily find packages in ports
Message-ID:  <86h6kugdrn.fsf@bay.localnet>
In-Reply-To: <20231207074412.4d46f06d2818a9377b560b01@sohara.org> (Steve O'Hara-Smith's message of "Thu, 7 Dec 2023 07:44:12 %2B0000")
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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> writes:

> On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 12:50:37 +0800
> hlyg <hlyg2023@outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> does freebsd have similiar ways to find packages?
>
> 	As well as freshports there's also pkg search which I find handy or
> just browsing /usr/ports or running make search in there (after running
> make index).

I use the psearch port/package in the ports-mgmt section.  It makes it
much easier to do a search through ports.

-- 
Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org



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