Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:34:58 -0500 From: "Jonathan T. Sage" <sagejona@theatre.msu.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to find package name Message-ID: <3FEB7422.4050105@theatre.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3FEB709C.3090600@theatre.msu.edu> References: <3FEB709C.3090600@theatre.msu.edu>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF92F6862FA50E39998ECED22 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jonathan T. Sage wrote: > > fbsd_user wrote: > >> What is the sure fired way to get the correct spelling of the package >> name to use with pkg_add -r command? >> > pkg_info | grep start.of.package.name > > i.e. > > # pkg_info | grep emacs > xemacs-21.4.14 This port tracks the... > xemacs-packages-10.0 Basic... > > *snips not included* > > hope this helps, happy holidays ~j > > of course, had i read the full question, i would have been a little more specifc for pkg_add, instead of pkg_delete. i usually use: # ftp ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/All/ *blah...* ftp> ls emacs* 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||62664|) 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for directory listing. -rw-r--r-- 1 110 root 8556988 Nov 11 11:39 emacs-19.34b.tgz *snip* ftp> exit # pkg_add -r emacs-19.34b.tgz also, pkg_add -r can take partials. i.e. pkg_add -r isc-dhcpd3 will install the latest isc-dhcpd3 version. ~j > ls emacs* -- Jonathan T. Sage Lighting & Scenic Design Professional Web Design [HTTP://www.theatre.msu.edu] [sagejona@msu.edu] [PGP: 182C CF3F 93A9 1DAA 2EBE D4D5 A159 96D9 452E A7F1] --------------enigF92F6862FA50E39998ECED22 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/63QioVmW2UUup/ERAkEHAJ9i1c0toN4jhFZ80O1kzerEqYNFRwCfeSiV E1+Qx3TwGuY6339Kv0EcR1E= =OEFf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF92F6862FA50E39998ECED22--
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