aboutsummaryrefslogblamecommitdiffstats
path: root/README
blob: eb7ba4f80e17478e02a8a7491836c8ef383df5ab (plain) (tree)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
                                                         
 
                                    
 
                                                               
 


                                                                            
 
                                                 
 
                                                               
 
 

                                   
 
                                                                     
 
                               
 
                                                                            
 
                                                                          
 
                                                                     


                                                                         
                           
 
This is the FreeBSD Ports Collection.  For an easy to use
WEB-based interface to it, please see:

    http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports

For general information on the Ports Collection, please see the
FreeBSD Handbook ports section which is available from:

    http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html
        for the latest official version
    or:
    The ports(7) manual page (man ports).

These will explain how to use ports and packages.

If you would like to search for a port, you can do so easily by
saying (in /usr/ports):


    make search name="<name>"
    or:
    make search key="<keyword>"

which will generate a list of all ports matching <name> or <keyword>.
make search also supports wildcards, such as:

    make search name="gtk*"

For information about contributing to FreeBSD ports, please see the Porter's
Handbook, available at:

    http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/

NOTE:  This tree will GROW significantly in size during normal usage!
The distribution tar files can and do accumulate in /usr/ports/distfiles,
and the individual ports will also use up lots of space in their work
subdirectories unless you remember to "make clean" after you're done
building a given port.  /usr/ports/distfiles can also be periodically
cleaned without ill-effect.