# Flox info \<packageName\>

**URL:** <https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** closed\
**Created:** [March 29, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711 "2023-03-29T15:10:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yurtaev](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/yurtaev/32/571_2.png) [@yurtaev](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/yurtaev)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711/1 "2023-03-29T15:10:31Z")

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Hi. I’m very excited to use flox instead of homebrew. I like to use the command `brew info` to get information about package dependencies, link to homepage/recipe etc…

```auto
➜ ~ brew info ripgrep
==> ripgrep: stable 13.0.0 (bottled), HEAD
Search tool like grep and The Silver Searcher
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
/usr/local/Cellar/ripgrep/13.0.0 (13 files, 6.2MB) *
  Poured from bottle on 2021-06-13 at 16:32:29
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/ripgrep.rb
License: Unlicense
==> Dependencies
Build: asciidoctor ✘, pkg-config ✔, rust ✘
Required: pcre2 ✔
==> Options
--HEAD
	Install HEAD version
==> Caveats
fish completions have been installed to:
  /usr/local/share/fish/vendor_completions.d
==> Analytics
install: 237 (30 days), 18,944 (90 days), 111,871 (365 days)
install-on-request: 234 (30 days), 18,603 (90 days), 109,059 (365 days)
build-error: 0 (30 days)

```

or on NixOS

```auto
➜ ~ nix-env -qa --description ripgrep
ripgrep-13.0.0 A utility that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep
➜ ~ nix-env -qa --description --meta --json ripgrep
{
  "nixpkgs.ripgrep": {
    "meta": {
      "available": true,
      "broken": false,
      "description": "A utility that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep",
      "homepage": "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep",
...

```

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**Author:** ![aameen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/aameen/32/564_2.png) [@aameen](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/aameen)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711/2 "2023-03-29T15:43:37Z")

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Thanks for the recommendation. I agree that having a `flox info` or `flox show` command would be useful.

For now if you want info on a package’s dependencies you’ve got there’s this ( less than ideal ) way to look that up, you can also add `--json` to this:

```auto
~ % flox nix path-info $( flox nix build nixpkgs-flox\#hello --no-link --print-out-paths; ) -r;
/nix/store/jdjpni8kq3i95dj1d49nlf9m10wl0kqq-libunistring-1.0
/nix/store/na1irnycfp8z5mab0g5jvrnhnscsaqsb-libidn2-2.3.2
/nix/store/lqz6hmd86viw83f9qll2ip87jhb7p1ah-glibc-2.35-224
/nix/store/260q5867crm1xjs4khgqpl6vr9kywql1-hello-2.12.1

```

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**Author:** ![robinbrantley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/robinbrantley/32/39_2.png) [@robinbrantley](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/robinbrantley)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711/3 "2023-03-30T20:58:10Z")

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Hi @yurtaev, thank you so much for this feature request! We have logged it internally for prioritisation. and look forward to rolling this out in a future release.