which port installed what other port

Janky Jay, III jankyj at unfs.us
Mon Jan 21 16:40:02 UTC 2019


Hello,

On 1/21/19 9:26 AM, tech-lists wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a command (or a port) I can use which, when fed an installed
> port name, can tell me what installed it?
>
> I don't mean libraries. I mean the actual port name.

    You can use "pkg info -d portname" to see what ports "portname"
depends on (IE: What dependencies "portname" installed). You can also
use "pkg info -r portname" to see the what the portname is a dependency
of (what installed this port). Does that help at all?

Regards,
Janky Jay, III


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