Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
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archivers Record build options in the BuildInfo file via BUILD_DEFS. These can be 1999-08-18 09:20:00 +00:00
audio Remove commented out install target from previous version. 1999-09-13 10:08:21 +00:00
benchmarks Use ${LOWER_OPSYS} instead of 1999-09-06 04:48:53 +00:00
biology Add and enable fastDNAml 1999-07-28 20:20:39 +00:00
cad Update dependency on guile to 1.3.2. 1999-08-29 21:50:20 +00:00
comms Some cleanup: 1999-09-07 14:49:42 +00:00
converters Add and enable base64. 1999-08-16 18:19:16 +00:00
corba Update dependency to glib-1.2.4 1999-08-28 09:41:07 +00:00
cross upgrade zoularis to 19990830 1999-08-30 05:22:00 +00:00
databases Change how Kerberos support is enabled in pkgsrc. 1999-09-14 02:32:21 +00:00
devel Don't include the package name, and explain the package a bit more fully. 1999-09-14 12:45:07 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors * Change to correctly use MACHINE instead of MACHINE_ARCH. 1999-09-14 02:19:14 +00:00
emulators Initialize variable "pilot.threads" to "0" so that shared memory handling 1999-09-13 21:31:51 +00:00
fonts Fix sub directory on GNU master sites. 1999-09-11 09:35:00 +00:00
games Don't include the package name in the COMMENT file. 1999-09-14 12:48:11 +00:00
graphics Fix elf rpath. add $(LDFLAGS) to LINKFLAGS. 1999-09-14 11:07:57 +00:00
ham Add IS_INTERACTIVE=yes because this package really is. 1999-09-06 21:42:44 +00:00
japanese Remove ${SED} -e .... ${PLIST_TMP} > ${PLIST_SRC} 1999-09-08 09:29:46 +00:00
lang libperl uses the packages from the perl package. 1999-09-10 02:38:48 +00:00
mail Change how Kerberos support is enabled in pkgsrc. 1999-09-14 02:32:21 +00:00
math Add missing dependency on python to BUILD_DEPENDS. 1999-09-10 15:39:34 +00:00
mbone ELF rpath issues. 1999-07-27 08:56:39 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update stale dependencies on rxvt and mutt. 1999-08-30 09:15:29 +00:00
misc quicklist 0.8.2 -- a simple database like AppleWorks & MS Works 1999-09-15 03:23:40 +00:00
mk Document LPRng-specific variables. 1999-09-14 15:52:29 +00:00
net Change how Kerberos support is enabled in pkgsrc. 1999-09-14 02:32:21 +00:00
news Remove me as maintainer of this package. The current version was committed 1999-09-14 14:07:43 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
parallel Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
pkgtools don't substitute RCS Id in source code, 1999-09-14 00:43:20 +00:00
plan9 Make this package work on Solaris. 1999-08-24 19:01:43 +00:00
print Add and enable LPRng. 1999-09-13 18:41:38 +00:00
security Change how Kerberos support is enabled in pkgsrc. 1999-09-14 02:32:21 +00:00
shells Be a bit more general when configuring this package on Solaris. 1999-08-17 16:11:27 +00:00
sysutils Add and enable cpogm. 1999-09-12 15:33:25 +00:00
templates flush table headings left, noted by Ross Harvey 1999-08-23 22:02:27 +00:00
textproc Update libxml to 1.6.1. 1999-09-03 07:12:45 +00:00
www Be more specific about which version of Netscape to download. 1999-09-07 15:21:39 +00:00
x11 Remove package name from comment. 1999-09-14 13:04:21 +00:00
Makefile only mv README-all.html aside if it exists 1999-08-23 21:37:28 +00:00
Packages.txt Add note about our policy of handling user-supplied binary packages. 1999-09-12 01:40:02 +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.