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PKG_SEARCH(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual PKG_SEARCH(1)

pkg_search
print information about a package

pkg_search [-h | -k | -r | -v] package

pkg_search querys the appropriate database file on FreeBSD and NetBSD for a given package name. If pkg_search cannot find an INDEX file on FreeBSD or an INDEX file on NetBSD, it tries to fetch the file on FreeBSD or a pkg_summary(5) file on NetBSD.

The options are as follows:

Print short usage information.
Print verbose information (Ports directory, URL, dependencies)
Also query the Info and WWW field.
Print the directory within the Ports Collection where the port lives.
package
Required package package.

The following is an example of a typical usage of the pkg_search command:

pkg_search -v fvwm

pkg_add(1), pkg_create(1), pkg_delete(1), pkg_info(1)

pkg_search was written by Matthias Schmidt ⟨matthias@dragonflybsd.org⟩.
January 12, 2008 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE

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