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	title: "Searching FreeBSD Ports"			title: "Searching FreeBSD Ports"
	sidenav: ports			sidenav: ports
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	= Searching FreeBSD Ports			= Searching FreeBSD Ports

	{{< form-ports >}}			{{< form-ports >}}

	'''''			'''''

	The form above will allow you to search for ports on this site. A completed search will take you to a link:https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi[more complete search page].			The form above will allow you to search for ports on this site. A completed search will take you to a link:https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi[more complete search page].

	However, if you already have the Ports Collection installed on your machine, you may also search by changing to the `/usr/ports` directory and performing `make search name=`__string__. See http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/head/Mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk?view=log[bsd.port.subdir.mk] for all the options.			However, if you already have the Ports Collection installed on your machine, you may also search by changing to the `/usr/ports` directory and performing `make search name=`__string__. Instead of by `name` you can search by port path (`path`), port information (`info`), maintainer (`maint`), port category (`cat`), build dependencies (`bdeps`), run dependencies (`rdeps`), the project web site (`www`), or any of these fields (`key`). Use `make quicksearch ...` to only display the port name, port directory, and one line description of the port.
				seAuthorUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions The previous sentence did not make much sense, anymore. There have been so many commits to bsd.port,subdir.mk that it is impossible to find the search options with reasonable effort. se: The previous sentence did not make much sense, anymore. There have been so many commits to bsd.

	Another option is to visit https://www.FreshPorts.org[FreshPorts.org] and either browse the site or subscribe to the lists hosted there.			Another option is to visit https://www.FreshPorts.org[FreshPorts.org] and either browse the site or subscribe to the lists hosted there.