From 3eb1862534dcca5384490faed58ddd74f273656c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gleb Smirnoff Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 11:51:15 +0000 Subject: Refresh the tips for the new pkg system. Reviewed by: bapt Approved by: re (hrs) --- games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips | 20 ++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'games/fortune') diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips b/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips index c39dd0fd7d95..5f9dd49eda3b 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ a root login. You can add a user to the wheel group by editing /etc/group. By pressing "Scroll Lock" you can use the arrow keys to scroll backward through the console output. Press "Scroll Lock" again to turn it off. % -Can't remember if you've installed a certain port or not? Try "pkg_info --Ix port_name". +Can't remember if you've installed a certain port or not? Try "pkg info +-x port_name". % Ever wonder what those numbers after command names were, as in cat(1)? It's the section of the manual the man page is in. "man man" will tell you more. @@ -96,12 +96,6 @@ If you want to play CDs with FreeBSD, a utility for this is already included. Type 'cdcontrol' then 'help' to learn more. (You may need to set the CDROM environment variable in order to make cdcontrol want to start.) % -If you want to quickly check for duplicate package/port installations, -try the following pkg_info command. - - pkg_info | sort | sed -e 's/-[0-9].*$//' | \ - uniq -c | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*1' -% If you'd like to keep track of applications in the FreeBSD ports tree, take a look at FreshPorts; @@ -356,11 +350,10 @@ adjust, just type 'mixer'. % You can automatically download and install binary packages by doing - pkg_add -r + pkg install -where you replace with the URL to the package. This will also -automatically install the packages the package you download is dependent on -(ie, the packages it needs in order to work.) +This will also automatically install the packages that are dependencies +for the package you install (ie, the packages it needs in order to work.) % You can change the video mode on all consoles by adding something like the following to /etc/rc.conf: @@ -448,8 +441,7 @@ You can use /etc/make.conf to control the options used to compile software on this system. Example entries are in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf. % -You can use "pkg_info" to see a list of packages you have installed. - -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis +You can use "pkg info" to see a list of packages you have installed. % You can use the 'fetch' command to retrieve files over ftp or http. -- cgit v1.2.3