Manual portconfig

Posted on 2022-01-06 - Updated on 2023-08-04

portconfig is an utility for the FreeBSD Operating System to customize a port building. A short description is available, this post is for the manual, refer to the project README for a technical description.

PORTCONFIG(1)           FreeBSD General Commands Manual          PORTCONFIG(1)

NAME
     portconfig - port options

SYNOPSIS
     portconfig [-h | -v]

DESCRIPTION
     The portconfig utility provides a TUI to customize the options to build a
     port.  The following options are available:

     -h      Display options, a short description and exit.

     -v      Show version and exit.

     The following user interface features are available:

     F1 key  General PORTS usage.

     Help button
             Specific port help, if pkg-help exists.

     Space key
             Select/deselect an option.

ENVIRONMENT
     The following environment variables can customize portconfig:

     NO_COLOR
             Disable colors if present and not an empty string (regardless of
             its value).

     PORTCONFIG_ALIGNCENTER
             Align options to center, "YES" to enable, default left.

     PORTCONFIG_ASCIILINES
             Ascii characters to draw lines, "YES" to enable.

     PORTCONFIG_FULLSCREEN
             Fullscreen mode, "YES" to enable.

     PORTCONFIG_HEIGHT
             Fixed height, default autosize.

     PORTCONFIG_MINHEIGHT
             Minimum height, takes effect only with autosize.

     PORTCONFIG_MINWIDTH
             Minimum width, takes effect only with autosize.

     PORTCONFIG_NOLINES
             Do not draw lines, "YES" to enable.

     PORTCONFIG_NOSHADOW
             "YES" to disable dialog shadow.

     PORTCONFIG_WIDTH
             Fixed width, default autosize.

   Compatibility
     The following environment variables are available for compatibility:
           D4PALIGNCENTER        PORTCONFIG_ALIGNCENTER
           D4PASCIILINES         PORTCONFIG_ASCIILINES
           D4PFULLSCREEN         PORTCONFIG_FULLSCREEN
           D4PHEIGHT             PORTCONFIG_HEIGHT
           D4PMINHEIGHT          PORTCONFIG_MINHEIGHT
           D4PWIDTH              PORTCONFIG_WIDTH

EXIT STATUS
     The portconfig utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     ports(7)

AUTHORS
     The portconfig utility was written by Alfonso Sabato Siciliano
     <asiciliano@FreeBSD.org>.

THANKS TO
     Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> for suggestions, help, and testing.

FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT            August 4, 2023            FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT