Comments on: 23 Useful PKG Command Examples to Manage Packages in FreeBSD https://www.tecmint.com/pkg-command-examples-to-manage-packages-in-freebsd/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:22:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: freefall https://www.tecmint.com/pkg-command-examples-to-manage-packages-in-freebsd/comment-page-1/#comment-1098112 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:22:39 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=27027#comment-1098112 cd /usr/ports;
echo */porttofind*

is another way of finding ports with a quick response. Besides that, don’t name your article PKG commands something when talking about ports. Those two are different things

]]> By: Bernd https://www.tecmint.com/pkg-command-examples-to-manage-packages-in-freebsd/comment-page-1/#comment-953582 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 23:57:57 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=27027#comment-953582 To search a software package go to /usr/ports and do a ‘make search name=part_of_portname’ or ‘make search key=description’. You can combine it with grep, wc and so on and I think it’s much more efficient then “ls” or “locate” .

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