Re: ports and packages lists

[Sebastian Stark <seb@todesplanet.de>]

Arno Kruse wrote:
> Are there any lists available with a short description of a port/package
> like http://www.openbsd.org/2.7_packages/i386.html ? That would really
> help people a lot of people who need software and like to use the
> ports/packages collection because they do not want to or are not able to
> compile from source. The only problem is, those people often do not know
> what package can be used for what purposes, because they dont know the
> software.

You can for example do

cd /usr/ports/x11; more */pkg/DESCR */*/pkg/DESCR

or sth. like that.

man ports will also show you information about using ports.

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