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Port details on branch 2026Q2
screen-devel Multi-screen window manager
5.0.2.20260106 sysutils on this many watch lists=0 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 5.0.2.20260106Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: cy@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-04-09 03:43:43
Last Update: 2026-04-09 03:38:41
Commit Hash: 986e813
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
Description:
Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes (typically interactive shells). Each virtual terminal provides the functions of a DEC VT100 terminal and, in addition, several control functions from the ANSI X3.64 (ISO 6429) and ISO 2022 standards (e.g. insert/delete line and support for multiple character sets). There is a scrollback history buffer for each virtual terminal and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows moving text regions between windows.
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/screen-devel-5.0.2.20260106/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/screen-devel-5.0.2.20260106/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/screen-devel-5.0.2.20260106/GPLv3
  4. bin/screen
  5. @(,,4555) bin/screen-5.0.1
  6. share/man/man1/screen.1.gz
  7. share/screen/utf8encodings/01
  8. share/screen/utf8encodings/02
  9. share/screen/utf8encodings/03
  10. share/screen/utf8encodings/04
  11. share/screen/utf8encodings/18
  12. share/screen/utf8encodings/19
  13. share/screen/utf8encodings/a1
  14. share/screen/utf8encodings/a3
  15. share/screen/utf8encodings/bf
  16. share/screen/utf8encodings/c2
  17. share/screen/utf8encodings/c3
  18. share/screen/utf8encodings/c4
  19. share/screen/utf8encodings/c6
  20. share/screen/utf8encodings/c7
  21. share/screen/utf8encodings/c8
  22. share/screen/utf8encodings/cc
  23. share/screen/utf8encodings/cd
  24. share/screen/utf8encodings/d6
  25. @comment We always install the same screenrc it just depends on if we
  26. @comment are installing the the one bundled with source, or the one from
  27. @comment FILESDIR/screenrc.sample
  28. @sample etc/screenrc.sample
  29. share/examples/screen/screenrc.sample-1
  30. share/examples/screen/screenrc.sample-2
  31. @owner
  32. @group
  33. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • screen-devel>0:sysutils/screen-devel
Conflicts:
CONFLICTS:
  • screen-[0-9]*
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/screen-devel/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/screen-devel
  • pkg install screen-devel
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: screen-devel
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1775705318 SHA256 (screen-5.0.2.20260106.tar.gz) = 8077699a939c0fae1047a6418bfbfa8dfbfe46291a95c27aa8a17777dceeea74 SIZE (screen-5.0.2.20260106.tar.gz) = 718202

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  2. makeinfo : print/texinfo
  3. autoconf>=2.73 : devel/autoconf
  4. automake>=1.18.1 : devel/automake
Runtime dependencies:
  1. indexinfo : print/indexinfo
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for screen-devel-5.0.2.20260106: INFO=on: Build and/or install GNU info pages MULTIUSER=on: Install setuid-root screen to support multiuser NETHACK=on: Enable nethack-style messages NOSOCKETDIR=off: Use ~/.screen instead of socketdir SYSTEM_SCREENRC=on: Install system screenrc with helpful status line XTERM_256=on: Enable support for 256 colour xterm ====> Options available for the single IPC: you have to select exactly one of them SOCKETS=on: Use new (4.2.1+) sockets for IPC (default) NAMED_PIPES=off: Use legacy (4.0.3) named pipes for IPC (override) ====> Console (text) interface support: you have to select exactly one of them NCURSES_DEFAULT=on: Depend on ncurses (ports if installed, otherwise base) NCURSES_BASE=off: Depend on ncurses in base NCURSES_PORT=off: Depend on devel/ncurses in ports ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_screen-devel
USES:
autoreconf:build gmake cpe ncurses makeinfo
pkg-message:
For install:
As of GNU Screen 4.4.0: Note that there was fix to screen message structure field responsible for $TERM handling, making it impossible to attach to older versions.
Master Sites:
  1. There is no master site for this port.

Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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5.0.2.20260106
09 Apr 2026 03:38:41
commit hash: 986e813a07818cc5401c1cfd021ce5aab8317f56commit hash: 986e813a07818cc5401c1cfd021ce5aab8317f56commit hash: 986e813a07818cc5401c1cfd021ce5aab8317f56commit hash: 986e813a07818cc5401c1cfd021ce5aab8317f56 files touched by this commit
Cy Schubert (cy) search for other commits by this committer
sysutils/screen-devel: Update distfile

When unpacking the tarballs there is no material difference between the
old and the new files. Additionally, there is no difference when
comparing the two tarballs after unzipping the .gz files. One must
conclude the files are compressed differently as the new .gz file is 4K
smaller then the previous file.

(cherry picked from commit 7fd033436f0ef341f70e8592fa741d5b92b27fd9)

Number of commits found: 1