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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_4,1Version 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: 2025-10-04 08:11:47
Commit Hash: 7f25f24
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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_4,11.16.2_4,11.12.20_31.16.2_4,11.16.2_4,1n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.16.2_4,11.16.2_4,11.14.6,11.16.2_3,11.16.2_4,1n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.16.2_4,11.16.2_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_4,11.16.2_4,1-1.16.2_3,11.16.2_4,11.14.10_3,11.14.10_3,11.14.10_3,1
FreeBSD:15:latest1.16.2_4,11.16.2_4,1n/a1.16.2_3,1n/an/a1.14.10_4,11.14.10_4,1
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.16.2_4,11.16.2_4,1n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest-1.16.2_4,1n/a-n/an/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:

Expand this list of 4 deleted ports
  1. deskutils/google-gadgets*
  2. misc/bigboard*
  3. net/desktop-data-model*
  4. net/online-desktop*
  5. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
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-70
  63. emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions-71
  64. emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions-72
  65. emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions-legacy
  66. emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy
  67. filesystems/gvfs
  68. ftp/filezilla
  69. ftp/termscp
  70. ftp/wzdftpd
  71. games/flightgear
  72. games/lwjgl3
  73. games/wesnoth
  74. graphics/colord
  75. graphics/colord-gtk
  76. graphics/evince
  77. graphics/rawstudio
  78. irc/hexchat
  79. lang/squeak
  80. mail/evolution
  81. mail/sylpheed
  82. mail/thunderbird
  83. mail/thunderbird-esr
  84. misc/xiphos
  85. multimedia/butt
  86. multimedia/dvdstyler
  87. multimedia/handbrake
  88. multimedia/kmplayer
  89. multimedia/obs-studio
  90. multimedia/pipewire
  91. multimedia/vlc
  92. multimedia/xfce4-parole
  93. net/avahi-app
  94. net/gnome-online-accounts
  95. net/netatalk4
  96. net/vinagre
  97. net/vino
  98. net-im/flare
  99. net-im/fractal
  100. net-im/neochat
  101. net-im/pidgin-sipe
  102. net-im/signal-desktop
  103. net-im/telegram-desktop
  104. net-im/telepathy-gabble
  105. net-im/telepathy-mission-control
  106. net-im/uTox
  107. net-mgmt/networkmanager-shim
  108. print/cups
  109. print/cups-filters
  110. print/foomatic-filters
  111. print/hplip
  112. science/zotero
  113. security/certmonger
  114. security/gcr3
  115. security/gnome-keyring
  116. security/libgnome-keyring
  117. security/sssd2
  118. security/wpa_supplicant
  119. security/wpa_supplicant-devel
  120. security/wpa_supplicant210
  121. security/wpa_supplicant29
  122. sysutils/consolekit2
  123. sysutils/dunst
  124. sysutils/mate-control-center
  125. sysutils/mate-power-manager
  126. sysutils/mate-settings-daemon
  127. sysutils/polkit
  128. sysutils/scanbd
  129. sysutils/slurm-wlm
  130. textproc/fcitx5
  131. textproc/ibus
  132. www/chromium
  133. www/deno
  134. www/firefox
  135. www/firefox-esr
  136. www/iridium
  137. www/librewolf
  138. www/qt5-webengine
  139. www/qt6-webengine
  140. www/tor-browser
  141. www/ungoogled-chromium
  142. www/waterfox
  143. x11/budgie-screensaver
  144. x11/cinnamon
  145. x11/deforaos-integration
  146. x11/fnott
  147. x11/kitty
  148. x11/mate-applets
  149. x11/mate-panel
  150. x11/mate-screensaver
  151. x11/mate-session-manager
  152. x11/roxterm
  153. x11/slim
  154. x11/xfce4-screensaver
  155. x11-fm/worker
  156. x11-themes/lxappearance
  157. x11-toolkits/libdecor
  158. x11-toolkits/qt5-gui
  159. x11-wm/afterstep-stable
  160. x11-wm/awesome
  161. x11-wm/compton
  162. x11-wm/e16
  163. x11-wm/magpie
  164. x11-wm/muffin
  165. x11-wm/picom
  166. Collapse this list.

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 96 deleted ports
  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/netatalk3*
  66. net/nfs-ganesha*
  67. net/online-desktop*
  68. net/remmina-plugin-telepathy*
  69. net-im/ekiga*
  70. net-im/empathy*
  71. net-im/ring-daemon*
  72. net-im/telepathy-logger-qt4*
  73. net-im/telepathy-logger-qt5*
  74. net-im/webinar*
  75. palm/synce-hal*
  76. security/libmatekeyring*
  77. security/mate-keyring*
  78. security/sssd*
  79. security/sssd-devel*
  80. sysutils/etoile-system*
  81. sysutils/tracker*
  82. sysutils/tracker3*
  83. sysutils/xvidcap*
  84. textproc/ibus-qt*
  85. www/cliqz*
  86. www/libxul*
  87. www/palemoon*
  88. www/screem*
  89. www/seamonkey*
  90. x11/kde-workspace-kde4*
  91. x11/kde4-workspace*
  92. x11-fm/thunar-vfs*
  93. x11-toolkits/gtkada3*
  94. x11-wm/awesome3*
  95. x11-wm/compton-yshui*
  96. x11-wm/ede*
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for Run
  1. audio/decibels
  2. audio/g4music
  3. cad/pcb
  4. deskutils/notify-osd
  5. devel/dconf-editor
  6. devel/libvirt-dbus
  7. games/gnome-chess
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  2. games/gnome-mahjongg
  3. games/gnome-nibbles
  4. games/gnome-sudoku
  5. games/swell-foop
  6. net-im/scli
  7. net-im/signal-cli
  8. print/xreader
  9. security/plasma6-kscreenlocker
  10. security/tpm2-abrmd
  11. sysutils/fwupd
  12. www/epiphany
  13. x11/gnome-session
  14. x11/sddm
  15. x11/slim
  16. 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 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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