FreeBSD Ports
Download ports tree
portsnap fetch portsnap extract
Update ports tree
portsnap fetch portsnap update
Upgrading packages installed with ports
List outdated ports:
pkg_version -v pkg_version -vIL=
Install portmaster. Portmaster is designed to use the base system of FreeBSD.
cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster make install
List all installed software and search for updates:
portmaster -L
Upgrade all ports at once:
portmaster -a
Use portmaster to install a package, and upgrade all dependencies if necessary:
portmaster shells/bash
Find the location of a port
whereis name
ls /usr/ports/*/name
Download port distfiles
make fetch
Uninstall a port
make deinstall
Reinstall a port after it's been built
make reinstall
Create a list of all ports
find /usr/ports/ -type d -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 | grep -v CVS | grep -v Tools | sed -e 's/\/usr\/ports\///g' > ~/all-ports
List installed packages
pkg_info
Update search ports index
cd /usr/ports && make index
Search ports
cd /usr/ports make search name=<name> make search key=<key>
Display out of date packages
pkg_version -v
Package configuration
Modify configuration:
make config
Output configuration settings:
make showconfig
Reset configuration:
make rmconfig
Build with default options
make -DBATCH
Build with specific options
make -DBATCH -DWITHOUT_FOO -DWITH_BAR
Install Kernel Sources
cd /usr/ports/devel/subversion && make install svn checkout http://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9 /usr/src
cron
Tell cron to check for release updates nightly. The system will send an email if there are any to apply.
echo "# Security updates" >> /etc/crontab echo "@daily root freebsd-update cron" >> /etc/crontab
Run make clean on all dependencies
make clean-depends