[Solved] how do I know which of the ports installed in my system is using a specific port?

mrjayviper · #1 August 15th, 2012, 10:26

I'm trying to compile qBittorrent 3.0 but it encountered an error. It seems I need to delete an installed port first before it can proceed.

I can easily remove it but I want to know which port uses the problem port first before I proceed.

Thanks

**lme@** · #2 August 15th, 2012, 10:35

# pkg_info -R $portname

**SirDice** · #3 August 15th, 2012, 11:25

You can easily get a list of installed ports/packages:
pkg_version -vI | less

mrjayviper · #4 August 15th, 2012, 11:54

Thanks! ☺☺

setevoy · #5 August 15th, 2012, 17:41

And may be pkg_tree(7) ? Need install first.

OJ · #6 August 16th, 2012, 11:03

I'm interested in these answers as well, but seem to have a problem.

Code:

# pkg_tree

works. As does

Code:

# pkg_info -R $portname

when used with the full version numbers.

However,

Code:

pkg_version -vI | less

returns

Code:

pkg_version: Unable to open /usr/ports/INDEX-9 in pkg_do.

What am I missing?

**SirDice** · #7 August 16th, 2012, 11:05

You don't seem to have an INDEX-9 file:

Code:

dice@molly:~> ll /usr/ports/INDEX-9 
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  26819160 Aug  8 15:03 /usr/ports/INDEX-9

How do you update your ports tree? That file should be there.

OJ · #8 August 17th, 2012, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirDice

You don't seem to have an INDEX-9 file:

Code:

dice@molly:~> ll /usr/ports/INDEX-9 
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  26819160 Aug  8 15:03 /usr/ports/INDEX-9

How do you update your ports tree? That file should be there.

Thanks for the explanation. It's a (relatively) fresh install, and I haven't updated anything yet. I'll start another thread about that if I run into problems, but there seems to be good information posted on it.

**SirDice** · #9 August 17th, 2012, 10:13

If you already have a good ports tree but you're missing the INDEX-* file you can either fetch it or create it. The latter is recommended as that will create an INDEX from your current ports tree.

# cd /usr/ports && make fetchindex
# cd /usr/ports && make index

OJ · #10 August 17th, 2012, 11:23

Thanks SirDice. That worked and I can now execute the pkg_version(1) command you recommended. It had me worried though, because it took quite a long time to generate the index.

kpa · #11 August 17th, 2012, 11:56

Creating the INDEX takes a long time, you might want to stick to portsnap(8) that can fetch prebuilt descriptions for the ports and build the INDEX -files very quickly.

First time use:
# portsnap fetch extract

And from that on:
# portsnap fetch update

**SirDice** · #12 August 17th, 2012, 12:27

Yes, portsnap(8) should fetch the INDEX. That's why I asked how you update your ports tree

I csup(1) mine so I always build my own. And yes, it takes a bit of time.

**dougb@** · #13 August 18th, 2012, 23:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrjayviper

I'm trying to compile qBittorrent 3.0 but it encountered an error. It seems I need to delete an installed port first before it can proceed.

Nice to hear that someone is actually using qbittorrent.

Were you able to resolve your installation problem?

mrjayviper · #14 August 19th, 2012, 01:35

Oh yes. Sorry! Please close as resolved. ☺☺

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