Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
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archivers Add and enable szdd 2001-05-14 13:03:47 +00:00
audio Update bladeenc to 0.94.2 2001-05-14 13:13:58 +00:00
benchmarks Add distinfo file. 2001-04-27 23:33:24 +00:00
biology Remove redundant echoing, quoting, and input redirection to sed. 2001-04-28 23:59:17 +00:00
cad Don't override XAW_TYPE (use =? instead of =). 2001-05-13 14:34:08 +00:00
chat regen (no patch-aa here) 2001-05-11 09:18:56 +00:00
comms fix type mismatch for 64 bit machines. Should not affect 32 bit machines. 2001-05-10 21:00:33 +00:00
converters Add and enable doc2html 2001-05-14 14:04:17 +00:00
cross Fix paths in MESSAGE, according to pkg/12930 by Katsuomi Hamajima. 2001-05-14 09:08:23 +00:00
databases Moved p5-pgsql to p5-postgresql 2001-05-14 15:15:00 +00:00
devel Update pcre to version 3.4 2001-05-14 12:55:30 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Finish move of ted and friends from textproc to editors. 2001-05-14 14:48:26 +00:00
emulators forgot to cvs add these patches. noted by thomas klausner and the 2001-05-11 11:17:39 +00:00
finance PERL5_REQD shouldn't be used directly by libperl DEPENDS as the perl and 2001-05-11 14:42:31 +00:00
fonts Use SHA1, and add sizes. 2001-05-09 21:16:47 +00:00
games Mechanical changes of tk DEPENDS: 2001-05-05 19:51:13 +00:00
graphics true -> ${TRUE} 2001-05-12 16:17:45 +00:00
ham Add some missing PLIST entries. 2001-04-28 04:44:05 +00:00
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mail Update "fetchmail" and "fetchmailconf" package to version 5.8.3. Changes 2001-05-14 12:12:47 +00:00
math Fix distfile mismatch noted from Alpha bulk build. 2001-05-10 23:51:06 +00:00
mbone Mechanical changes of tk DEPENDS: 2001-05-05 19:51:13 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update to new COMMENT style: COMMENT var in Makefile instead of pkg/COMMENT. 2001-02-17 17:52:59 +00:00
misc USE_PERL -> USE_PERL5. 2001-05-12 16:06:25 +00:00
mk pull in python-mk if USE_PYTHON is defined, just like USE_PERL5 2001-05-14 13:44:23 +00:00
net Update to use newer IPv6 patch. 2001-05-14 15:07:54 +00:00
news Add missing "shutdown" keyword in startup file. 2001-05-10 21:58:01 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Move to sha1 digests, and add distfile sizes. 2001-04-18 15:22:45 +00:00
pkgtools Sync the manpage with reality: s/md5/distinfo/g 2001-05-14 15:01:24 +00:00
print The version on the MASTER_SITE has been modified. 2001-05-08 15:54:48 +00:00
security Update to 1.0.5, provided by Mark White in private mail. 2001-05-14 13:40:04 +00:00
shells Use ${MASTER_SITE_BACKUP}. The original master site (and homepage) 2001-05-03 21:39:25 +00:00
sysutils Add distinfo file. 2001-05-11 09:25:36 +00:00
templates Note how to report problems, or send updates or suggestions. 2001-03-19 17:44:30 +00:00
textproc Finish move of ted and friends from textproc to editors. 2001-05-14 14:48:44 +00:00
time Move to sha1 digest, and add distfile size. 2001-05-08 16:28:00 +00:00
wm Update fvwm2-current to 2.3.32 2001-05-14 13:36:07 +00:00
www PostgreSQL is installed into ${LOCALBASE}. 2001-05-14 15:10:25 +00:00
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README No paragraph (picking nits). 2000-07-23 18:02:33 +00:00
TODO wget ipv6 update done. 2001-05-14 15:08:29 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.11 2000/07/23 18:02:33 fredb Exp $

Welcome to the NetBSD Packages Collection
=========================================

In brief, the NetBSD Packages Collection is a set of software
utilities and libraries which have been ported to NetBSD.

The packages collection software can retrieve the software from its
home site, assuming you are connected in some way to the Internet,
verify its integrity, apply any patches, configure the software for
NetBSD, and build it.  Any prerequisite software will also be built
and installed for you.  Installation and de-installation of software
is managed by the packaging utilities.

The packages collection is made into a tar_file every week: 

	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/pkgsrc.tar.gz

and you can sup the pkgsrc tree using the `pkgsrc' name for the
collection.

The pkgsrc tree is laid out in various categories, and, within that,
the various packages themselves.

You need to have root privileges to install packages.  We are looking
at ways to remove this restriction.

+ To install a package on your system, you need to change into the
directory of the package, and type "make install".

+ If you've made a mistake, and decided that you don't want that
package on your system, then type "pkg_delete <pkg-name>", or "make
deinstall" while in the directory for the package.

+ To find out all the packages that you have installed on your system,
type "pkg_info".

+ To remove the work directory, type "make clean", and "make
clean-depends" will clean up any working directories for other
packages that are built in the process of making your package.

+ Optionally, you can periodically run "make clean" from the top
level pkgsrc directory. This will delete extracted and built files,
but will not affect the retreived source sets in pkgsrc/distfiles.

+ You can set variables to customise the behaviour (where packages are
installed, various options for individual packages etc), by setting
variables in /etc/mk.conf.  The pkgsrc/mk/mk.conf.example file
provides some examples for customisation.

The best way to find out what packages are in the collection is to
move to the top-level pkgsrc directory (this will usually be
/usr/pkgsrc), and type "make readme".  This will create a file called
README.html in the top-level pkgsrc directory, and also in all
category and package directories.  You can then see what packages are
available, along with a short (one-line) comment about the function of
the package, and a pointer to a fuller description, by using a browser
like lynx (see pkgsrc/www/lynx) or Mozilla (pkgsrc/www/mozilla), or
Communicator.  This is also available online as
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/README.html.

Another way to find out what packages are in the collection is to
move to the top-level pkgsrc directory and type "make index". This
will create pkgsrc/INDEX which can be viewed via "make print-index | more".
You can also search for particular packages or keywords via
"make search key=<somekeyword>".

It is also possible to use the packaging software to install
pre-compiled binary packages by typing "pkg_add <URL-of-binary-pkg>". 
To see what binary packages are available, see:

	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/<release>/<arch>/All/

where <release> is the NetBSD release, and <arch> is the hardware
architecture.

One limitation of using binary packages provided from ftp.netbsd.org
is that all mk.conf options were set to the defaults at compile time.
LOCALBASE, in particular, defaults to /usr/pkg, so non-X binaries
will be installed in /usr/pkg/bin, man pages will be installed in
/usr/pkg/man...

When a packaged tool has major compile time choices, such as support
for multiple graphic toolkit libraries, the different options may
be available as separate packages.

For more information on the packages collection see the file
Packages.txt where you found this README, or in your top-level pkgsrc
directory.