FreeBSD Ports Search webpage is not usable

Кутейников Дмитрий kuteynikov at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 06:59:07 PST 2007


`cd /usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-2/` works properly but   `pkg_add -r
openoffice.org` doesn't work.
And why don't you include these two lines of shell commands to official site
interface?

2007/12/20, Pav Lucistnik <pav at freebsd.org>:
>
> Кутейников Дмитрий píše v čt 20. 12. 2007 v 00:04 +0300:
> > Web interface for ports collection is very inconvenient. I want to find
> > package to install it by `pkg_add -r` command (because I don't have much
>
> > time to build it from ports tree) but it's name on the site and in the
> > package server differ. I've spent a lot of time trying to guess, what
> > command I should enter to install openoffice.org-2.3.20071115 : `pkg_add
> -r
> > openoffice.org`, `pkg_add -r openofficeorg-23`, `pkg_add -r
> > openofficeorg23`, `pkg_add -r openoffice.org-2.3.20071115` or `pkg_add
> -r
> > openoffice-org_23`. It's unbearable! Look at
> > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=openoffice.org&searchon=names&suite=testing&section=all
>
> > It's simple. It gave me all information I need to know and I can type
> > `apt-get install openoffice.org` or download precompiled package
> straight
> > from the site.
> >
> > FIX: Show real package names in the search results and give a link to
> > precompiled package.
>
> Maybe this would work for you? It even got the pkg_add command line:
>
> http://www.freshports.org/editors/openoffice.org-2
>
> --
> Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
>               <pav at FreeBSD.org>
> 25 And the Lord spoke unto the Angel that guarded the eastern gate,
> saying, Where is the flaming sword which was given unto thee? 26 And the
> Angel said, I had here only a moment ago, I must have put it down some
> where, forget my own head next. 27 And the Lord did not ask him again.
>
>


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