Quick macports migration tip

Jan. 31, 2011 at 5:25pm View comments

There is a way to get macports to show you only the packages you told it to install, as opposed to the whole installed dependency tree. This is extremely useful when setting up a new system.

$ port echo requested

This will give you a nice concise list of the packages you really want, so you can pick and choose what to install on your new system.

apache2                        @2.2.17_0+preforkmpm 
git-core                       @1.7.3.4_0+doc+python26 
gnugo                          @3.8_0 
mercurial                      @1.7.2_0+bash_completion 
mysql5-server                  @5.1.53_0 
p5-app-ack                     @1.94_0 
php52                          @5.2.16_0+apache2+mysql5+pear 
python_select                  @0.3_0 
subversion                     @1.6.15_0 
wget                           @1.12_3+ssl