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In addition to searching through ports, pkg-ng has a really nice search command. pkg search $string will search through the pkg database for matching strings.
by Sanddancer 10y ago
In addition to searching through ports, pkg-ng has a really nice search command. pkg search $string will search through the pkg database for matching strings.
- jrapdx3 10y agoYes, "pkg search <pkg name>" generates list of available matching packages. "pkg search -f <pkg name>" will give salient pkg info in a multi-line format. Use "pkg help search" to pull up the man page for "pkg search" with all the gory option details. "pkg help" shows a list of available pkg commands. "pkg" has become a very useful, reliable tool.
- tobik 10y agoYou can also display a list of all packages in the repository with pkg search -g '*' | less Better pipe it to less because there are over 25000 packages.