====== MacPorts ======

===== List Ports =====

list requested ports:
<code bash>
port echo requested | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | uniq
</code>

list installed ports:
<code bash>
port -qv installed
</code>

===== Housekeeping =====

When ports are updated, the old port is only deactivated, not uninstalled:
<code>
...
autoconf                       @2.69_2 
autoconf                       @2.69_3 
autoconf                       @2.69_5 
...
</code>

You can see a list of all installed ports:
<code bash>
port echo installed
</code>

After you run MacPorts for a while, you will see a lot of duplicate ports.
You can clean these:
<code bash>
sudo port uninstall inactive
</code>

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