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Port details on branch 2025Q3
mtools Tools for manipulating MS-DOS disks and images
4.0.49 filesystems on this many watch lists=2 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 4.0.49Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: skreuzer@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2024-11-07 19:52:55
Last Update: 2025-07-05 03:31:34
Commit Hash: 6fd5e61
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Also Listed In: emulators
License: GPLv3+
WWW:
https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/intro.html
Description:
Mtools is a collection of utilities for accessing MS-DOS disks and file system images from Unix without mounting them. It supports Win95-style long file names, OS/2 XDF-formatted disks, ZIP/JAZ disks, and 2MB disks (store up to 1992kB on a high-density 3.5" diskette).
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/mtools-4.0.49/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/mtools-4.0.49/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/mtools-4.0.49/GPLv3+
  4. bin/amuFormat.sh
  5. bin/floppyd
  6. bin/floppyd_installtest
  7. bin/mattrib
  8. bin/mbadblocks
  9. bin/mcat
  10. bin/mcd
  11. bin/mcheck
  12. bin/mcomp
  13. bin/mcopy
  14. bin/mdel
  15. bin/mdeltree
  16. bin/mdir
  17. bin/mdoctorfat
  18. bin/mdu
  19. bin/mformat
  20. bin/minfo
  21. bin/mkmanifest
  22. bin/mlabel
  23. bin/mmd
  24. bin/mmount
  25. bin/mmove
  26. bin/mpartition
  27. bin/mrd
  28. bin/mren
  29. bin/mshortname
  30. bin/mshowfat
  31. bin/mtools
  32. bin/mtoolstest
  33. bin/mtype
  34. bin/mxtar
  35. bin/mzip
  36. @sample etc/mtools.conf.sample
  37. share/man/man1/floppyd.1.gz
  38. share/man/man1/floppyd_installtest.1.gz
  39. share/man/man1/mattrib.1.gz
  40. share/man/man1/mbadblocks.1.gz
  41. share/man/man1/mcat.1.gz
  42. share/man/man1/mcd.1.gz
  43. share/man/man1/mcopy.1.gz
  44. share/man/man1/mdel.1.gz
  45. share/man/man1/mdeltree.1.gz
  46. share/man/man1/mdir.1.gz
  47. share/man/man1/mdoctorfat.1.gz
  48. share/man/man1/mdu.1.gz
  49. share/man/man1/mformat.1.gz
  50. share/man/man1/minfo.1.gz
  51. share/man/man1/mkmanifest.1.gz
  52. share/man/man1/mlabel.1.gz
  53. share/man/man1/mmd.1.gz
  54. share/man/man1/mmount.1.gz
  55. share/man/man1/mmove.1.gz
  56. share/man/man1/mpartition.1.gz
  57. share/man/man1/mrd.1.gz
  58. share/man/man1/mren.1.gz
  59. share/man/man1/mshortname.1.gz
  60. share/man/man1/mshowfat.1.gz
  61. share/man/man1/mtools.1.gz
  62. share/man/man1/mtoolstest.1.gz
  63. share/man/man1/mtype.1.gz
  64. share/man/man1/mzip.1.gz
  65. share/man/man5/mtools.5.gz
  66. @owner
  67. @group
  68. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • mtools>0:filesystems/mtools
Conflicts:
CONFLICTS_INSTALL:
  • multimarkdown
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/filesystems/mtools/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install filesystems/mtools
  • pkg install mtools
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: mtools
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1749918038 SHA256 (mtools-4.0.49.tar.lz) = 76dfea98d923dfc9806ce34bd1786aa9b5a39d70f56f26c0670a348c664f1d2a SIZE (mtools-4.0.49.tar.lz) = 397000

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
mtools
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest4.0.494.0.49-4.0.494.0.49---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly4.0.484.0.48-4.0.484.0.48---
FreeBSD:14:latest4.0.494.0.49-4.0.494.0.49---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly4.0.484.0.48-4.0.484.0.48---
FreeBSD:15:latest4.0.494.0.49n/a4.0.49n/a---
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest-4.0.49n/a-n/a---
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  2. makeinfo : print/texinfo
  3. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  4. sm.pc : x11/libSM
  5. ice.pc : x11/libICE
  6. xau.pc : x11/libXau
Runtime dependencies:
  1. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  2. sm.pc : x11/libSM
  3. ice.pc : x11/libICE
  4. xau.pc : x11/libXau
  5. indexinfo : print/indexinfo
Library dependencies:
  1. libiconv.so : converters/libiconv
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. net/ipxe
  2. sysutils/fwup
  3. sysutils/limine
for Run
  1. sysutils/grub2-efi
  2. sysutils/syslinux

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for mtools-4.0.49: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ICONV=on: Encoding conversion support via iconv X11=on: X11 (graphics) support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
filesystems_mtools
USES:
gmake makeinfo tar:lz iconv xorg
pkg-message:
For install:
Please verify /usr/local/etc/mtools.conf for your machine.
Master Sites:
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  1. ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/gnu/mtools/
  2. ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/
  3. ftp://mirrors.rit.edu/gnu/mtools/
  4. http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gnu/mtools/
  5. http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/GNU/gnu/mtools/
  6. http://mirror.navercorp.com/gnu/mtools/
  7. https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/
  8. https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/mtools/
  9. https://mirror.netcologne.de/gnu/mtools/
  10. https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/mtools/
  11. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/gnu/gnu/mtools/
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