pkg- searching by (partial) origin|category for installed packages/ports

parv/freebsd parv.0zero9+freebsd at gmail.com
Sat Mar 20 10:52:58 UTC 2021


Hi there,

How does one search for a installed port or package by (partial)
origin/category? Failed attempts ...

  % pkg query %o x11-wm

  % pkg query %C x11-wm

  % pkg query %C x11-wm %o

  % pkg query --evaluate '%o ~ "x11-wm" %o

  % pkg query --evaluate '%C ~ x11-wm' %o
  malformed evaluation string

  % pkg query --evaluate '%C = x11-wm' %o
  malformed evaluation string

... what am I missing?

- parv


Yes, I can go round that in brute force way ...

  % pkg info --all --origin | fgrep x11-wm


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