MacPorts
Reference for working with MacPorts.
MacPorts help
Manual for ports
man portLocation of installed ports
/optUpdate MacPorts
Upgrade mac ports and the port list
sudo port selfupdateSearch for ports and display port info
List all available ports
port listSearch for a port name
port search <name>Show information about a particular port
Show the variants (additional components) that can be installed with a port
Install / uninstall ports
Install an item (use +<variant> or -<default> to add or remove additional components)
Remove an installed item (will fail if item has dependants, override with -f flag)
Remove all inactive ports
Upgrade installed ports
Show a list of outdated items, their installed version and the available MacPorts version
Update the old items and remove the old version
Update the old items (keeping the original version and deactivating it)
Upgrade an installed item (add -n to not update dependencies, -u to remove old version)
Show installed port information
Show all installed items, their versions and activation status
Show details about an installed item
Show active installed ports
Show inactive installed ports
Show items that depend on the named item (eg. port dependents curl):
Show dependencies the item has
Show the files that were installed by a port install
Clean up MacPorts
Clean up all files (work, dist, archive) for all ports
Clean up selected file types (work, dist, archive) for specified port
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