diff --git a/pkg6dev/Cargo.toml b/pkg6dev/Cargo.toml
index 2d5d149..c759d9d 100644
--- a/pkg6dev/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pkg6dev/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ keywords = ["packaging", "illumos"]
 
 [dependencies]
 libips = {path = "../libips", version = "0.1.0"}
+userland = {path = "../userland"}
 failure = "0.1.8"
 failure_derive = "0.1.8"
 clap = "~3.0.0-beta.2"
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diff --git a/pkg6dev/src/main.rs b/pkg6dev/src/main.rs
index 9a92c44..a6ce813 100644
--- a/pkg6dev/src/main.rs
+++ b/pkg6dev/src/main.rs
@@ -16,16 +16,22 @@ use errors::Result;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::{read_dir};
 use std::path::Path;
+use userland::Makefile;
+use userland::repology::{find_newest_version};
 
 fn main() {
+    let component_arg = Arg::new("component")
+        .takes_value(true)
+        .default_value("../sample_data/pkgs/cups");
+
     let opts = app_from_crate!().subcommand(App::new("diff-component")
         .about("shows differences between sample-manifest and manifests")
-        .arg(Arg::new("component")
-            .takes_value(true)
-            .default_value("../sample_data/pkgs/cups")
-        )
-    ).get_matches();
-        //.get_matches_from(vec!["pkg6dev", "diff-component"]);
+        .arg(&component_arg)
+    ).subcommand(App::new("show-component")
+        .about("Show informations about the component")
+        .arg(&component_arg)
+    )//.get_matches();
+        .get_matches_from(vec!["pkg6dev", "show-component"]);
 
     if let Some(diff_component_opts) = opts.subcommand_matches("diff-component") {
         let res = diff_component(diff_component_opts);
@@ -34,6 +40,13 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
+    if let Some(show_component_opts) = opts.subcommand_matches("show-component") {
+        let res = show_component_info(show_component_opts);
+        if res.is_err() {
+            println!("error: {:?}", res.unwrap_err())
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 
 fn diff_component(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
@@ -70,6 +83,61 @@ fn diff_component(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn show_component_info(opts: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
+    let component_path = opts.value_of("component").unwrap();
+
+    let makefile = Makefile::parse_file(Path::new(&(component_path.to_string() + "/Makefile")))?;
+
+    //println!("{:#?}", makefile);
+
+    let mut name = String::new();
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("COMPONENT_NAME") {
+        println!("Name: {}", var.join(" "));
+        name = var.first().unwrap().to_string();
+    }
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("COMPONENT_VERSION") {
+        println!("Version: {}", var.join(" "));
+        let latest_version = find_newest_version(&name);
+        if latest_version.is_ok() {
+            println!("Latest Version: {}", latest_version?);
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("{:?}", latest_version.unwrap_err())
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("BUILD_BITS") {
+        println!("Build bits: {}", var.join(" "));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("COMPONENT_PROJECT_URL") {
+        println!("Project URl: {}", var.join("\t"));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("COMPONENT_ARCHIVE_URL") {
+        println!("Source URl: {}", var.join("\t"));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("COMPONENT_ARCHIVE_HASH") {
+        println!("Source Archive File Hash: {}", var.join(" "));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("CONFIGURE_ENV") {
+        println!("Configure Environment: {}", var.join("\n\t"));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("CONFIGURE_OPTIONS") {
+        println!("./configure {}", var.join("\n\t"));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(var) = makefile.variables.get("REQUIRED_PACKAGES") {
+        println!("Dependencies:\n\t{}", var.join("\n\t"));
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 // Show all files that have been removed in the sample-manifest
 fn find_removed_files(sample_manifest: &Manifest, manifests: Vec<Manifest>, component_path: &str) -> Result<Vec<File>> {
     let f_map = make_file_map(sample_manifest.files.clone());