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PKG_MKLOCATEDB(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual PKG_MKLOCATEDB(1) NAME pkg_mklocatedb - create a locate database for packages SYNOPSIS pkg_mklocatedb [-aKnPqu] [-d repository] [-p portsdir] [pkg-name ...] DESCRIPTION The pkg_mklocatedb command is used to create a file database for binary packages, which can be searched using the locate(1) utility. Entries created for each package will have the package name prepended: kdelibs-3.3.2p2:/usr/local/bin/meinproc. If the -p option is used, and SUBDIRLIST is not defined, pkg_mklocatedb will retrieve all package entries from the ports tree. If the -p option is used together with SUBDIRLIST, pkg_mklocatedb will retrieve the package entries listed in SUBDIRLIST from the ports tree. Otherwise, pkg_mklocatedb will build database entries for every file object for each pkg-name given on the command line, or for every package in a repository specified as the -d option. If no package name is given, pkg_mklocatedb will build database entries for all currently installed packages. By default (unless standard output is a terminal), the list of names is fed to /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb and the end result should be redirected to a file. The options are as follows: -a Prepend file names with pkgpath information and package names. -d repository Scan directory repository for packages. -K Include keyword in each object full name. This is more accurate, but defeats locate(1) compression. However, note that some meta annotations always make it into the database: @*exec*, @define-tag, @newgroup, @newuser, @option no-default-conflict and @tag. -n Do not pipe output to /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb (default if standard output is a terminal). -P Prepend file names with pkgpath information instead of package name. -p portsdir Retrieve packing-lists from the ports tree instead of binary packages. -q Be quiet: do not report every package processed to standard error. -u Update an existing list. The list must come from standard input, and contain pkgpath information for items to be replaced. SEE ALSO locate(1), pkg_info(1) AUTHORS Marc Espie FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 November 26, 2021 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8