Reference

INDEX(5)

File containing information about the state of the ports tree

NAME

INDEX – File containing information about the state of the ports tree

DESCRIPTION

The port index file in /usr/ports contains various bits of information about the ports tree. Each major branch of FreeBSD has a separate index file, named “INDEX-N”, where N is the major version number of the FreeBSD branch, i.e.: INDEX-7, or INDEX-8.

name

The name of the package.

path

The path to the port directory.

install prefix

The default install prefix.

short description

A short description.

full description

The path to the full description.

maintainer email

The email address of the maintainer.

index

The categories this port is part of.

build dependencies

Ports required to be installed prior to building this port.

run dependencies

Ports required to be installed for this port to run.

website

The project website for the port.

e-deps

Ports that may be required to extract this port.

p-deps

Ports that may be required to patch this port.

f-deps

Ports that may be required to fetch this port.

FILES

/usr/ports/INDEX-N

where N is the major version number of the FreeBSD branch.

EXAMPLES

vim-6.3.15|/usr/ports/editors/vim|/usr/local|Vi "workalike", with many additional features|/usr/ports/editors/vim/pkg-descr|[email protected]|editors|libiconv-1.9.2_1|libiconv-1.9.2_1|http://www.vim.org/|||

SEE ALSO

build(7), ports(7)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Paul Armstrong and Thomas Abthorpe ⟨[email protected]⟩.

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