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py-distance Utilities for comparing sequences
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Maintainer: yuri@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-07-09 16:36:10
Last Update: 2026-07-09 16:35:37
Commit Hash: 810da46
Also Listed In: python
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://github.com/doukremt/distance
Description:
Distance provides utilities for comparing sequences in Python. It implements various distance metrics and similarity measures for sequence comparison, including Levenshtein distance and related algorithms for text and sequence analysis.
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Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}distance>0:math/py-distance@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/math/py-distance/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install math/py-distance
  • pkg install py312-distance
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py312-distance listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py312-distance
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • py312: py312-distance
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1783064069 SHA256 (Distance-0.1.3.tar.gz) = 60807584f5b6003f5c521aa73f39f51f631de3be5cccc5a1d67166fcbf0d4551 SIZE (Distance-0.1.3.tar.gz) = 180271

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
py312-distance
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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. py312-setuptools>0 : devel/py-setuptools@py312
  2. py312-wheel>0 : devel/py-wheel@py312
  3. python3.12 : lang/python312
  4. py312-build>=0 : devel/py-build@py312
  5. py312-installer>=0 : devel/py-installer@py312
Test dependencies:
  1. python3.12 : lang/python312
Runtime dependencies:
  1. python3.12 : lang/python312
This port is required by:
for Run
  1. textproc/py-docling-eval

Configuration Options:
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Options name:
math_py-distance
USES:
python
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0.1.3
09 Jul 2026 16:35:37
commit hash: 810da461ceac6c0ebe6beabcde6e5a0b7d9a5671commit hash: 810da461ceac6c0ebe6beabcde6e5a0b7d9a5671commit hash: 810da461ceac6c0ebe6beabcde6e5a0b7d9a5671commit hash: 810da461ceac6c0ebe6beabcde6e5a0b7d9a5671 files touched by this commit
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) search for other commits by this committer
math/py-distance: New port: Utilities for comparing sequences

Number of commits found: 1