Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
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archivers ppunpack, a decompressor for Amiga PowerPacker files. 1999-05-23 02:01:25 +00:00
audio Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
benchmarks Use ftp0.sunet.se instead of ftp.sunet.se. 1999-05-05 16:54:03 +00:00
biology remove README.html from repository 1999-04-16 15:56:50 +00:00
cad Updata geda to 19990516 1999-05-21 13:27:24 +00:00
comms Sync "p5-pilot-link" version with "pilot-link": update to 0.9.3. 1999-05-22 22:12:08 +00:00
converters Remove accidentally committed homepage entry for VICE. 1999-05-22 20:14:37 +00:00
corba Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
cross disable sparc64 support for now; it kills sparc-netbsdelf which is actually very useful right now. 1999-05-21 09:37:07 +00:00
databases Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
devel Add dependency on autoconf[!], and change USE_GTEXINFO to INFO_FILES. 1999-05-22 16:24:09 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors Works fine on alpha, kill NOT_FOR_ARCHS. 1999-05-08 18:20:34 +00:00
emulators Xmess moved! Update master site, homepage, and distro filename (which is 1999-05-22 19:41:31 +00:00
fonts/Xg Replace all occurrences of USE_X11 with USE_X11BASE. This means "install this 1999-01-30 23:18:44 +00:00
games Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
graphics Link programs with "${LDFLAGS}" so that we get "-Wl,-R${PREFIX}/lib". 1999-05-20 22:23:29 +00:00
japanese Move mastersite. Problem noted by Hubert Feyrer. 1999-05-12 23:34:20 +00:00
lang Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
mail Nuke check for "gdbm" library from "configure" which is not needed but can 1999-05-11 20:24:46 +00:00
math Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
mbone add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 18:56:13 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update Apache version, and bump meta-pkg version minor. 1999-04-30 17:19:56 +00:00
misc Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
mk Commit the least intrusive parts of proposal 6a (affects no pkgs): 1999-05-22 15:47:23 +00:00
net Use "readline" package to make command line editing work in non visual 1999-05-22 22:38:30 +00:00
news Update to slrn-0.9.5.9 1999-05-18 22:01:36 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
parallel Update dependence on "ssh" package to version 1.2.27. 1999-05-20 18:30:27 +00:00
pkgtools Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
plan9 Back out last commit. 1999-04-04 16:58:24 +00:00
print Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
security Update dependence on "ssh" package to version 1.2.27. 1999-05-20 18:30:27 +00:00
shells Instead of always going to the "real" master site first, use one of the 1999-04-25 23:36:51 +00:00
sysutils Add informative message about creating a link from e.g. /dev/cd0d to 1999-05-22 13:08:18 +00:00
templates Packages.txt moved. 1998-08-23 01:32:19 +00:00
textproc Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
www Add and enable bozohttpd. 1999-05-19 12:03:37 +00:00
x11 Remove unnecessary assignments of "INSTALL", "INSTALL_DATA", 1999-05-20 20:09:49 +00:00
Makefile Add new category biology 1999-04-15 23:17:30 +00:00
Packages.txt Completely replace "MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR" and "PATCH_SITE_SUBDIR" with 1999-04-15 20:39:38 +00:00
README Minor mods to clean up the English. 1998-09-01 11:03:23 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.8 1998/09/01 11:03:23 agc 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 && 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".

+ 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.

+ 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 pksrc/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.

For more information on the packages collection see the file
Packages.txt in this directory.