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dbus Message bus system for inter-application communication
1.16.2_4,1 devel on this many watch lists=118 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.16.2_3,1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: desktop@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2004-07-21 19:44:41
Last Update: 2025-08-29 18:17:46
Commit Hash: d705c21
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Also Listed In: gnome
License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus
Description:
D-Bus supplies both a system daemon (for events such as "new hardware device added" or "printer queue changed") and a per-user-login-session daemon (for general IPC needs among user applications). Also, the message bus is built on top of a general one-to-one message passing framework, which can be used by any two apps to communicate directly (without going through the message bus daemon).
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/dbus-1.16.2_4,1/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/dbus-1.16.2_4,1/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/dbus-1.16.2_4,1/GPLv2
  5. bin/dbus-cleanup-sockets
  6. bin/dbus-daemon
  7. bin/dbus-launch
  8. bin/dbus-monitor
  9. bin/dbus-run-session
  10. bin/dbus-send
  11. bin/dbus-test-tool
  12. bin/dbus-update-activation-environment
  13. bin/dbus-uuidgen
  14. @sample etc/dbus-1/session.conf.sample
  15. @sample etc/dbus-1/system.conf.sample
  16. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-address.h
  17. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-bus.h
  18. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-connection.h
  19. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-errors.h
  20. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-macros.h
  21. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-memory.h
  22. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-message.h
  23. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-misc.h
  24. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-pending-call.h
  25. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-protocol.h
  26. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-server.h
  27. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-shared.h
  28. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-signature.h
  29. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-syntax.h
  30. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-threads.h
  31. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-types.h
  32. include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus.h
  33. lib/cmake/DBus1/DBus1Config.cmake
  34. lib/cmake/DBus1/DBus1ConfigVersion.cmake
  35. lib/dbus-1.0/include/dbus/dbus-arch-deps.h
  36. lib/libdbus-1.so
  37. lib/libdbus-1.so.3
  38. lib/libdbus-1.so.3.38.3
  39. libdata/pkgconfig/dbus-1.pc
  40. @(,messagebus,4750) libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
  41. share/man/man1/dbus-cleanup-sockets.1.gz
  42. share/man/man1/dbus-daemon.1.gz
  43. share/man/man1/dbus-launch.1.gz
  44. share/man/man1/dbus-monitor.1.gz
  45. share/man/man1/dbus-run-session.1.gz
  46. share/man/man1/dbus-send.1.gz
  47. share/man/man1/dbus-test-tool.1.gz
  48. share/man/man1/dbus-update-activation-environment.1.gz
  49. share/man/man1/dbus-uuidgen.1.gz
  50. share/dbus-1/session.conf
  51. share/dbus-1/system.conf
  52. share/xml/dbus-1/busconfig.dtd
  53. share/xml/dbus-1/catalog.xml
  54. share/xml/dbus-1/introspect.dtd
  55. @dir share/dbus-1/services
  56. @dir share/dbus-1/session.d
  57. @dir share/dbus-1/system-services
  58. @dir share/dbus-1/system.d
  59. @dir /var/lib/dbus
  60. @dir /var/lib
  61. @dir /var/run/dbus
  62. @owner
  63. @group
  64. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • dbus
Dependency lines:
  • dbus>0:devel/dbus
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/devel/dbus/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/dbus
  • pkg install dbus
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: dbus
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1741430336 SHA256 (dbus-1.16.2.tar.xz) = 0ba2a1a4b16afe7bceb2c07e9ce99a8c2c3508e5dec290dbb643384bd6beb7e2 SIZE (dbus-1.16.2.tar.xz) = 1115644

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
dbus
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.16.2_3,11.16.2_4,11.12.20_31.16.2_3,11.16.2_4,1-1.12.20_3-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.16.2_3,11.16.2_3,11.14.6,11.16.2_3,11.16.2_3,11.14.10_3,11.14.10_3,11.14.10_3,1
FreeBSD:14:latest1.16.2_3,11.16.2_4,11.14.4,11.16.2_3,11.16.2_4,11.14.6,1-1.14.6,1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.16.2_3,11.16.2_3,1-1.16.2_3,11.16.2_3,11.14.10_3,11.14.10_3,11.14.10_3,1
FreeBSD:15:latest1.16.2_3,11.16.2_4,1n/a1.16.2_3,1n/a1.14.10_4,11.14.10_4,11.14.10_4,1
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest--n/a-n/a---
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. docbook-xsl>0 : textproc/docbook-xsl
  2. meson : devel/meson
  3. ninja : devel/ninja
  4. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  5. python3.11 : lang/python311
  6. xsltproc : textproc/libxslt
  7. ice.pc : x11/libICE
  8. sm.pc : x11/libSM
  9. x11.pc : x11/libX11
Runtime dependencies:
  1. ice.pc : x11/libICE
  2. sm.pc : x11/libSM
  3. x11.pc : x11/libX11
Library dependencies:
  1. libexpat.so : textproc/expat2
  2. libxml2.so : textproc/libxml2
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. cad/pcb
  2. lang/gjs
  3. sysutils/accountsservice
  4. sysutils/fastfetch
  5. x11/nvidia-settings
  6. x11-wm/compiz
  7. x11-wm/mutter

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. deskutils/google-gadgets*
  2. misc/bigboard*
  3. net/desktop-data-model*
  4. net/online-desktop*
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for Libraries
  1. accessibility/at-spi2-core
  2. accessibility/caribou
  3. audio/a2jmidid
  4. audio/amberol
  5. audio/ario
  6. audio/cardinal
  7. audio/dragonfly-reverb-lv2
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  2. audio/gogglesmm
  3. audio/jack
  4. audio/ladish
  5. audio/ncspot
  6. audio/openal-soft
  7. audio/paprefs
  8. audio/patchage
  9. audio/pulseaudio
  10. audio/rhythmbox
  11. audio/shortwave
  12. audio/songrec
  13. audio/spotify-player
  14. audio/zam-plugins-lv2
  15. benchmarks/mangohud
  16. cad/PrusaSlicer
  17. chinese/fcitx
  18. chinese/libcangjie
  19. comms/anyremote
  20. deskutils/cairo-dock
  21. deskutils/cairo-dock-plugins
  22. deskutils/caja-extensions
  23. deskutils/easystroke
  24. deskutils/fyi
  25. deskutils/gnome-characters
  26. deskutils/gnotime
  27. deskutils/growl-for-linux
  28. deskutils/kdeconnect-kde
  29. deskutils/mate-notification-daemon
  30. deskutils/notification-daemon
  31. deskutils/pinot
  32. devel/dbus-c++
  33. devel/dbus-glib
  34. devel/dbus-tcl
  35. devel/dconf
  36. devel/efl
  37. devel/electron34
  38. devel/electron35
  39. devel/electron36
  40. devel/electron37
  41. devel/electron38
  42. devel/nativefiledialog-extended
  43. devel/p5-Net-DBus
  44. devel/py-qt5-pyqt
  45. devel/py-qt6-pyqt
  46. devel/qt5-dbus
  47. devel/qt6-base
  48. devel/tinysparql
  49. editors/emacs
  50. editors/emacs-devel
  51. editors/openoffice-4
  52. editors/openoffice-devel
  53. editors/vscode
  54. emulators/fbsd-duckstation
  55. emulators/pcsx2
  56. emulators/tic-80
  57. emulators/virtualbox-ose
  58. emulators/virtualbox-ose-70
  59. emulators/virtualbox-ose-71
  60. emulators/virtualbox-ose-72
  61. emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions
  62. emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions-legacy
  63. emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy
  64. filesystems/gvfs
  65. ftp/filezilla
  66. ftp/termscp
  67. ftp/wzdftpd
  68. games/flightgear
  69. games/lwjgl3
  70. games/wesnoth
  71. graphics/colord
  72. graphics/colord-gtk
  73. graphics/evince
  74. graphics/rawstudio
  75. irc/hexchat
  76. lang/squeak
  77. mail/evolution
  78. mail/sylpheed
  79. mail/thunderbird
  80. mail/thunderbird-esr
  81. misc/xiphos
  82. multimedia/butt
  83. multimedia/dvdstyler
  84. multimedia/handbrake
  85. multimedia/kmplayer
  86. multimedia/obs-studio
  87. multimedia/pipewire
  88. multimedia/vlc
  89. multimedia/xfce4-parole
  90. net/avahi-app
  91. net/gnome-online-accounts
  92. net/netatalk3
  93. net/netatalk4
  94. net/vinagre
  95. net/vino
  96. net-im/flare
  97. net-im/fractal
  98. net-im/neochat
  99. net-im/pidgin-sipe
  100. net-im/signal-desktop
  101. net-im/telegram-desktop
  102. net-im/telepathy-gabble
  103. net-im/telepathy-mission-control
  104. net-im/uTox
  105. net-mgmt/networkmanager-shim
  106. print/cups
  107. print/cups-filters
  108. print/foomatic-filters
  109. print/hplip
  110. science/zotero
  111. security/certmonger
  112. security/gcr3
  113. security/gnome-keyring
  114. security/libgnome-keyring
  115. security/sssd2
  116. security/wpa_supplicant
  117. security/wpa_supplicant-devel
  118. security/wpa_supplicant210
  119. security/wpa_supplicant29
  120. sysutils/consolekit2
  121. sysutils/dunst
  122. sysutils/mate-control-center
  123. sysutils/mate-power-manager
  124. sysutils/mate-settings-daemon
  125. sysutils/polkit
  126. sysutils/scanbd
  127. sysutils/slurm-wlm
  128. textproc/fcitx5
  129. textproc/ibus
  130. www/chromium
  131. www/firefox
  132. www/firefox-esr
  133. www/iridium
  134. www/librewolf
  135. www/qt5-webengine
  136. www/qt6-webengine
  137. www/tor-browser
  138. www/ungoogled-chromium
  139. www/waterfox
  140. x11/budgie-screensaver
  141. x11/cinnamon
  142. x11/deforaos-integration
  143. x11/fnott
  144. x11/kitty
  145. x11/mate-applets
  146. x11/mate-panel
  147. x11/mate-screensaver
  148. x11/mate-session-manager
  149. x11/roxterm
  150. x11/slim
  151. x11/xfce4-screensaver
  152. x11-fm/worker
  153. x11-themes/lxappearance
  154. x11-toolkits/libdecor
  155. x11-toolkits/qt5-gui
  156. x11-wm/afterstep-stable
  157. x11-wm/awesome
  158. x11-wm/compton
  159. x11-wm/e16
  160. x11-wm/magpie
  161. x11-wm/muffin
  162. x11-wm/picom
  163. Collapse this list.

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. accessibility/at-spi2-atk*
  2. audio/amarok*
  3. audio/amarok-kde4*
  4. audio/mousai-devel*
  5. audio/pulseeffects*
  6. databases/compass*
  7. deskutils/conduit*
  8. deskutils/google-gadgets*
  9. deskutils/strigidaemon*
  10. devel/dbus-qt3*
  11. devel/dbus-qt4*
  12. devel/dbus-qt5*
  13. devel/e_dbus*
  14. devel/electron11*
  15. devel/electron12*
  16. devel/electron13*
  17. devel/electron17*
  18. devel/electron18*
  19. devel/electron19*
  20. devel/electron21*
  21. devel/electron22*
  22. devel/electron23*
  23. devel/electron24*
  24. devel/electron25*
  25. devel/electron26*
  26. devel/electron27*
  27. devel/electron28*
  28. devel/electron29*
  29. devel/electron30*
  30. devel/electron31*
  31. devel/electron32*
  32. devel/electron33*
  33. devel/electron4*
  34. devel/electron5*
  35. devel/electron6*
  36. devel/electron7*
  37. devel/electron9*
  38. devel/fpc-dbus*
  39. devel/gnome-vfs*
  40. devel/gvfs*
  41. devel/py-qt5-dbussupport*
  42. devel/qt4-dbus*
  43. devel/qt4-qdbusviewer*
  44. editors/atom*
  45. editors/emacs23*
  46. emulators/duckstation*
  47. games/wesnoth-devel*
  48. irc/xchat-gnome*
  49. misc/bigboard*
  50. multimedia/audacious-plugins-gtk3*
  51. multimedia/freetuxtv*
  52. multimedia/gnome-mplayer*
  53. multimedia/k9copy*
  54. multimedia/kmplayer-kde4*
  55. multimedia/kodi-devel*
  56. multimedia/omxplayer*
  57. multimedia/plexhometheater*
  58. multimedia/vlc-qt4*
  59. multimedia/vlc3*
  60. multimedia/xbmc*
  61. multimedia/xbmc-pvr*
  62. net/desktop-data-model*
  63. net/ekiga*
  64. net/libproxy-pacrunner*
  65. net/nfs-ganesha*
  66. net/online-desktop*
  67. net/remmina-plugin-telepathy*
  68. net-im/ekiga*
  69. net-im/empathy*
  70. net-im/ring-daemon*
  71. net-im/telepathy-logger-qt4*
  72. net-im/telepathy-logger-qt5*
  73. net-im/webinar*
  74. palm/synce-hal*
  75. security/libmatekeyring*
  76. security/mate-keyring*
  77. security/sssd*
  78. security/sssd-devel*
  79. sysutils/etoile-system*
  80. sysutils/tracker*
  81. sysutils/tracker3*
  82. sysutils/xvidcap*
  83. textproc/ibus-qt*
  84. www/cliqz*
  85. www/libxul*
  86. www/palemoon*
  87. www/screem*
  88. www/seamonkey*
  89. x11/kde-workspace-kde4*
  90. x11/kde4-workspace*
  91. x11-fm/thunar-vfs*
  92. x11-toolkits/gtkada3*
  93. x11-wm/awesome3*
  94. x11-wm/compton-yshui*
  95. x11-wm/ede*
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for Run
  1. audio/g4music
  2. cad/pcb
  3. deskutils/notify-osd
  4. devel/dconf-editor
  5. devel/libvirt-dbus
  6. games/gnome-chess
  7. games/gnome-mahjongg
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  2. games/gnome-nibbles
  3. games/gnome-sudoku
  4. games/swell-foop
  5. net-im/scli
  6. net-im/signal-cli
  7. print/xreader
  8. security/plasma6-kscreenlocker
  9. security/tpm2-abrmd
  10. www/epiphany
  11. x11/gnome-session
  12. x11/sddm
  13. x11/slim
  14. x11-wm/compiz
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Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 5 deleted ports
  1. deskutils/xfce4-notification-daemon*
  2. graphics/f-spot*
  3. net-im/linux-telegram-desktop*
  4. security/plasma5-kscreenlocker*
  5. x11/pantheon-terminal*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for dbus-1.16.2_4,1: EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples MANPAGES=on: Build and/or install manual pages X11=on: Support X11 Desktop Environments ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
devel_dbus
USES:
cpe libtool localbase meson pkgconfig python:build shebangfix tar:xz gnome xorg
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/
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