[Ports] How to find where a port is located?

[Pascal S Clermont]

Modulok wrote:
> On 6/13/08, Chris Hill <chris at monochrome.org> wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Gilles wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> Currently, to find where a software is located under /usr/ports/, I
>>> rune the "find" command. Is there a database that I could query
>>> instead so that it gives out the whole path to that the application?
>>>       
>
> Have you looked into the whereis(1) command?
> -Modulok-
>
>   
there is alot of differents ways to search for a port that you are 
looking for. My first suggestion would be to read this article from the 
freebsd handbook; 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-finding-applications.html 
.
Some people enjoy using some websites to do their searches since they 
value that more information can be used to search.
Here are some of the sites :
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/
http://www.freshports.org/
http://www.freebsdsoftware.org/

These are ones that come to me as I am writing this, they're are most 
likely several other websites that will give you some similar 
information such as these.

I would suggest that you refer to the handbook when you ask yourself 
questions concerning the operating system. The handbook is a great 
reference that I even use quite often myself when I am in doubt on a 
certain subject.

Pascal S. Clermont