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28.Dd November 18, 2012
29.Dt PORTS 7
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ports
33.Nd contributed applications
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The
36.Fx
37Ports Collection
38offers a simple way for users and
39administrators to install applications.
40Each
41.Em port
42contains any patches necessary to make the original
43application source code compile and run on
44.Fx .
45Compiling an
46application is as simple as typing
47.Nm make Cm build
48in the port directory!
49The
50.Pa Makefile
51automatically fetches the
52application source code, either from a local disk or via FTP, unpacks it
53on your system, applies the patches, and compiles it.
54If all goes well,
55simply type
56.Nm make Cm install
57to install the application.
58.Pp
59For more information about using ports, see
60.Dq "Packages and Ports"
61in
62.%B "The FreeBSD Handbook" ,
63.Pa ( file:/usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html
64or
65.Pa http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html ) .
66For information about creating new ports, see
67.%B "The Porter's Handbook"
68.Pa ( file:/usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html
69or
70.Pa http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ ) .
71.Sh TARGETS
72Some of the targets work recursively through subdirectories.
73This lets you, for example, install all of the
74.Dq Li biology
75ports.
76The targets that do this are
77.Cm build , checksum , clean , configure ,
78.Cm depends , extract , fetch , install ,
79and
80.Cm package .
81.Pp
82The following targets will be run automatically by each proceeding
83target in order.
84That is,
85.Cm build
86will be run
87(if necessary)
88by
89.Cm install ,
90and so on all the way to
91.Cm fetch .
92Usually, you will only use the
93.Cm install
94target.
95.Bl -tag -width ".Cm configure"
96.It Cm config
97Configure
98.Va OPTIONS
99for this port using
100.Xr dialog4ports 1 .
101.It Cm fetch
102Fetch all of the files needed to build this port from the sites
103listed in
104.Va MASTER_SITES
105and
106.Va PATCH_SITES .
107See
108.Va FETCH_CMD , MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE
109and
110.Va MASTER_SITE_BACKUP .
111.It Cm checksum
112Verify that the fetched distfile's checksum matches the one the port was
113tested against.
114If the distfile's checksum does not match, it also fetches the distfiles
115which are missing or failed the checksum calculation.
116Defining
117.Va NO_CHECKSUM
118will skip this step.
119.It Cm depends
120Install
121(or compile if only compilation is necessary)
122any dependencies of the current port.
123When called by the
124.Cm extract
125or
126.Cm fetch
127targets, this is run in piecemeal as
128.Cm fetch-depends , build-depends ,
129etc.
130Defining
131.Va NO_DEPENDS
132will skip this step.
133.It Cm extract
134Expand the distfile into a work directory.
135.It Cm patch
136Apply any patches that are necessary for the port.
137.It Cm configure
138Configure the port.
139Some ports will ask you questions during this stage.
140See
141.Va INTERACTIVE
142and
143.Va BATCH .
144.It Cm build
145Build the port.
146This is the same as calling the
147.Cm all
148target.
149.It Cm install
150Install the port and register it with the package system.
151This is all you really need to do.
152.El
153.Pp
154The following targets are not run during the normal install process.
155.Bl -tag -width ".Cm fetch-recursive"
156.It Cm showconfig
157Display
158.Va OPTIONS
159config for this port.
160.It Cm showconfig-recursive
161Display
162.Va OPTIONS
163config for this port and all its dependencies.
164.It Cm rmconfig
165Remove
166.Va OPTIONS
167config for this port.
168.It Cm rmconfig-recursive
169Remove
170.Va OPTIONS
171config for this port and all its dependencies.
172.It Cm config-conditional
173Skip the ports which have already had their
174.Va OPTIONS
175configured.
176.It Cm config-recursive
177Configure
178.Va OPTIONS
179for this port and all its dependencies using
180.Xr dialog4ports 1 .
181.It Cm fetch-list
182Show list of files to be fetched in order to build the port.
183.It Cm fetch-recursive
184Fetch the distfiles of the port and all its dependencies.
185.It Cm fetch-recursive-list
186Show list of files that would be retrieved by
187.Cm fetch-recursive .
188.It Cm run-depends-list , build-depends-list
189Print a list of all the compile and run dependencies, and dependencies
190of those dependencies, by port directory.
191.It Cm all-depends-list
192Print a list of all dependencies for the port.
193.It Cm pretty-print-run-depends-list , pretty-print-build-depends-list
194Print a list of all the compile and run dependencies, and dependencies
195of those dependencies, by port name and version.
196.It Cm missing
197Print a list of missing dependencies to be installed for the port.
198.It Cm clean
199Remove the expanded source code.
200This recurses to dependencies unless
201.Va NOCLEANDEPENDS
202is defined.
203.It Cm distclean
204Remove the port's distfiles and perform the
205.Cm clean
206target.
207The
208.Cm clean
209portion recurses to dependencies unless
210.Va NOCLEANDEPENDS
211is defined, but the
212.Cm distclean
213portion never recurses
214(this is perhaps a bug).
215.It Cm reinstall
216Use this to restore a port after using
217.Xr pkg_delete 1
218when you should have used
219.Cm deinstall .
220.It Cm deinstall
221Remove an installed port from the system, similar to
222.Xr pkg_delete 1 .
223.It Cm deinstall-all
224Remove all installed ports with the same
225.Va PKGORIGIN
226from the system.
227.It Cm package
228Make a binary package for the port.
229The port will be installed if it has not already been.
230The package is a
231.Pa .tbz
232file that you can use to
233install the port on other machines with
234.Xr pkg_add 1 .
235If the directory specified by
236.Va PACKAGES
237does not exist, the package will be put into the current directory.
238See
239.Va PKGREPOSITORY
240and
241.Va PKGFILE .
242.It Cm package-recursive
243Like
244.Cm package ,
245but makes a package for each depending port as well.
246.It Cm package-name
247Prints the name with version of the port.
248.It Cm readmes
249Create a port's
250.Pa README.html .
251This can be used from
252.Pa /usr/ports
253to create a browsable web of all ports on your system!
254.It Cm search
255Search the
256.Pa INDEX
257file for the pattern specified by the
258.Va key
259(searches the port name, comment, and dependencies),
260.Va name
261(searches the port name only),
262.Va path
263(searches the port path),
264.Va info
265(searches the port info),
266.Va maint
267(searches the port maintainer),
268.Va cat
269(searches the port category),
270.Va bdeps
271(searches the port build-time dependency),
272.Va rdeps
273(searches the port run-time dependency),
274.Va www
275(searches the port web site)
276.Xr make 1
277variables, and their exclusion counterparts:
278.Va xname , xkey
279etc.
280For example, one would type:
281.Pp
282.Dl "cd /usr/ports && make search name=query"
283.Pp
284to find all ports whose
285name matches
286.Dq Li query .
287Results include the matching ports' path, comment, maintainer,
288build dependencies, and run dependencies.
289.Bd -literal -offset indent
290cd /usr/ports && make search name=pear- \e
291    xbdeps=apache
292.Ed
293.Pp
294To find all ports whose
295names contain
296.Dq Li pear-
297and which do not have apache
298listed in build-time dependencies.
299.Bd -literal -offset indent
300cd /usr/ports && make search name=pear- \e
301    xname='ht(tp|ml)'
302.Ed
303.Pp
304To find all ports whose names contain
305.Dq Li pear- ,
306but not
307.Dq Li html
308or
309.Dq Li http .
310.Bd -literal -offset indent
311make search key=apache display=name,path,info keylim=1
312.Ed
313.Pp
314To find ports that contain
315.Dq Li apache
316in either of the name, path, info
317fields, ignore the rest of the record.
318.Pp
319By default the search is not case-sensitive.
320In order to make it case-sensitive you can use the
321.Va icase
322variable:
323.Bd -literal -offset indent
324make search name=p5-R icase=0
325.Ed
326.It Cm quicksearch
327Reduced
328.Cm search
329output.
330Only display name, path and info.
331.It Cm describe
332Generate a one-line description of each port for use in the
333.Pa INDEX
334file.
335.It Cm maintainer
336Display the port maintainer's email address.
337.It Cm index
338Create
339.Pa /usr/ports/INDEX ,
340which is used by the
341.Cm pretty-print-*
342and
343.Cm search
344targets.
345Running the
346.Cm index
347target will ensure your
348.Pa INDEX
349file is up to date with your ports tree.
350.It Cm fetchindex
351Fetch the
352.Pa INDEX
353file from the
354.Fx
355cluster.
356.El
357.Sh ENVIRONMENT
358You can change all of these.
359.Bl -tag -width ".Va MASTER_SITES"
360.It Va PORTSDIR
361Location of the ports tree.
362This is
363.Pa /usr/ports
364on
365.Fx
366and
367.Ox ,
368and
369.Pa /usr/pkgsrc
370on
371.Nx .
372.It Va WRKDIRPREFIX
373Where to create any temporary files.
374Useful if
375.Va PORTSDIR
376is read-only (perhaps mounted from a CD-ROM).
377.It Va DISTDIR
378Where to find/put distfiles, normally
379.Pa distfiles/
380in
381.Va PORTSDIR .
382.It Va PACKAGES
383Used only for the
384.Cm package
385target; the base directory for the packages tree, normally
386.Pa packages/
387in
388.Va PORTSDIR .
389If this directory exists, the package tree will be (partially) constructed.
390This directory does not have to exist; if it does not, packages will be
391placed into the current directory, or you can define one of
392.Bl -tag -width ".Va PKGREPOSITORY"
393.It Va PKGREPOSITORY
394Directory to put the package in.
395.It Va PKGFILE
396The full path to the package.
397.El
398.It Va LOCALBASE
399Where existing things are installed and where to search for files when
400resolving dependencies (usually
401.Pa /usr/local ) .
402.It Va PREFIX
403Where to install this port (usually set to the same as
404.Va LOCALBASE ) .
405.It Va MASTER_SITES
406Primary sites for distribution files if not found locally.
407.It Va PATCH_SITES
408Primary locations for distribution patch files if not found
409locally.
410.It Va MASTER_SITE_FREEBSD
411If set, go to the master
412.Fx
413site for all files.
414.It Va MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE
415Try going to these sites for all files and patches, first.
416.It Va MASTER_SITE_BACKUP
417Try going to these sites for all files and patches, last.
418.It Va RANDOMIZE_MASTER_SITES
419Try the download locations in a random order.
420.It Va MASTER_SORT
421Sort the download locations according to user supplied pattern.
422Example:
423.Dl .dk .sunet.se .se dk.php.net .no .de heanet.dl.sourceforge.net
424.It Va MASTER_SITE_INDEX
425Where to get
426.Pa INDEX
427source built on
428.Fx
429cluster (for
430.Cm fetchindex
431target).
432Defaults to
433.Pa http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ .
434.It Va FETCHINDEX
435Command to get
436.Pa INDEX
437(for
438.Cm fetchindex
439target).
440Defaults to
441.Dq Nm fetch Fl am .
442.It Va NOCLEANDEPENDS
443If defined, do not let
444.Cm clean
445recurse to dependencies.
446.It Va FETCH_CMD
447Command to use to fetch files.
448Normally
449.Xr fetch 1 .
450.It Va FORCE_PKG_REGISTER
451If set, overwrite any existing package registration on the system.
452.It Va MOTIFLIB
453Location of
454.Pa libXm. Ns Brq Pa a , Ns Pa so .
455.It Va INTERACTIVE
456If defined, only operate on a port if it requires interaction.
457.It Va BATCH
458If defined, only operate on a port if it can be installed 100% automatically.
459.It Va DISABLE_VULNERABILITIES
460If defined, disable check for security vulnerabilities using
461.Xr portaudit 1 Pq Pa ports/ports-mgmt/portaudit
462when installing new ports.
463.It Va NO_IGNORE
464If defined, allow installation of ports marked as
465.Aq Va FORBIDDEN .
466The default behavior of the Ports framework is to abort when the
467installation of a forbidden port is attempted.
468Of course, these ports may not work as expected, but if you really know
469what you are doing and are sure about installing a forbidden port, then
470.Va NO_IGNORE
471lets you do it.
472.It Va NO_CHECKSUM
473If defined, skip verifying the port's checksum.
474.It Va TRYBROKEN
475If defined, attempt to build a port even if it is marked as
476.Aq Va BROKEN .
477.It Va PORT_DBDIR
478Directory where the results of configuring
479.Va OPTIONS
480are stored.
481Defaults to
482.Pa /var/db/ports .
483Each port where
484.Va OPTIONS
485have been configured will have a uniquely named sub-directory, containing a
486single file
487.Pa options .
488.El
489.Sh FILES
490.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk" -compact
491.It Pa /usr/ports
492The default ports directory
493.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
494The big Kahuna.
495.El
496.Sh SEE ALSO
497.Xr make 1 ,
498.Xr pkg 8 ,
499.Xr portsnap 8
500.Pp
501The following are part of the ports collection:
502.Pp
503.Xr portaudit 1 ,
504.Xr portlint 1
505.Rs
506.%B "The FreeBSD Handbook"
507.Re
508.Pp
509.Pa http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports
510(searchable index of all ports)
511.Sh HISTORY
512The Ports Collection
513appeared in
514.Fx 1.0 .
515It has since spread to
516.Nx
517and
518.Ox .
519.Sh AUTHORS
520.An -nosplit
521This manual page was originated by
522.An David O'Brien .
523.Sh BUGS
524Ports documentation is split over four places \(em
525.Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk ,
526.%B "The Porter's Handbook" ,
527the
528.Dq "Packages and Ports"
529chapter of
530.%B "The FreeBSD Handbook" ,
531and
532this manual page.
533