The search target requires INDEX-9. Please run make index or make fetchindex
How do I search ports tree under FreeBSD operating system and fix this issue?
| Tutorial details | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty level | Easy |
| Root privileges | Yes |
| Requirements | FreeBSD ports |
| Est. reading time | N/A |
make search name=string
To fix this issue you need to cd into /usr/ports directory. Open a terminal or ssh session and type the followign command as root user:
cd /usr/ports
make index
OR
cd /usr/ports
make fetchindex
Sample outputs:
/usr/ports/INDEX-9.bz2 100% of 1665 kB 54 kBps 00m00s
Now, try searching ports tree:
# make search name=apache
# make search name=lsof
Sample outputs:
Port: lsof-4.87,8 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof Info: Lists information about open files (similar to fstat(1)) Maint: ler@lerctr.org B-deps: R-deps: WWW: http://people.freebsd.org/~abe/ Port: p5-Unix-Lsof-0.0.5_1 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/p5-Unix-Lsof Info: Unix::Lsof -- a wrapper to the Unix lsof utility Maint: gjvc@gjvc.com B-deps: p5-IPC-Run3-0.045 perl-5.14.2_2 R-deps: p5-IPC-Run3-0.045 perl-5.14.2_2 WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Unix-Lsof/
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