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PORTAL(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual PORTAL(1)

portal
Front-end to pkg(8)

portal [-a]

Front-end to pkg(8).

portal provides the following features: packages listing and searching, installation and deinstallation of packages, and filtering based on the package state.

The following option is supported by portal:
Display the current version of portal.

The user interface is made of two panels: the upper one displays a list of packages sorted by category, and the bottom one displays the description of the currently highlighted package. Between those two panels lies an indicator of the currently selected mode.

In the upper panel which displays the packages list, the following data appear from left to right:

Status
The following markers are displayed depending on the package status:
+
The package is installed locally
+[-]
The package is installed locally and marked to be deleted
+[^]
The package is installed locally and is upgradable, meaning a newer version is available from remote repositories
+[+]
The package is installed locally and marked to be upgraded
-
The package is not installed locally
-[+]
The package is not installed locally and marked to be installed
Name
The package name
Local version
The current version of the package if it is installed
Remote version
The latest version of the package available from remote repositories

The lower panel displays the currently selected package's comment line as found in the port's Makefile, together with its longer comment as found in the port's pkg-descr file.

The mode indicator found at the center of the screen between the two main panels highlights the current mode. Its name will also shortly appear above the indicator when switching mode.

By pressing the TAB key, the user can switch between the following three available modes:
Browse
This is the default mode, which displays the list of all packages without any filtering.
Search
In this mode, one can search the list of packages for a given string.
Filter
Four available filters can be applied to the list of packages when this mode is selected. The four filters can be toggled on or off by pressing the first letter of the filter name:
(A)vailable
To show or hide the available packages (those present in the remote repository but not yet installed).
(I)nstalled
To show or hide installed packages.
(P)ending
To show or hide packages that have a pending action on them, meaning they are either marked as to be installed or removed.
(U)pgradable
To show or hide packages that are installed locally but for which a newer version can be found in the remote repository.

TAB
Cycle between modes.
Ctrl-C
Quit
Ctrl-X
Apply pending actions (proceed with the installation / deinstallation of packages).
Ctrl-SPC
Mark currently highlighted package for installation.
Ctrl-D
Mark currently highlighted package for deletion.
Ctrl-N
Move down within the listing panel.
Ctrl-P
Move up within the listing panel.
PageUp
Scroll up the description panel.
PageDown
Scroll down the description panel.

pkg(8)

Frederic Culot ⟨culot@FreeBSD.org⟩

See the issue tracker at https://github.com/culot/portal/issues

Please direct questions and issues to Frederic Culot ⟨culot@FreeBSD.org⟩

November 9, 2016 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE

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