Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
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1999-08-22 20:32:34 +00:00
archivers Record build options in the BuildInfo file via BUILD_DEFS. These can be 1999-08-18 09:20:00 +00:00
audio Make sidplay work even if X11 is not installed, provided in pr 8251 1999-08-22 20:32:34 +00:00
benchmarks Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
biology Add and enable fastDNAml 1999-07-28 20:20:39 +00:00
cad Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
comms Add conflict with hylafax. 1999-08-17 11:18:05 +00:00
converters Add and enable base64. 1999-08-16 18:19:16 +00:00
corba Update "dependence" on "gindent" package. 1999-08-20 07:22:38 +00:00
cross Added BUILD_DEPENDS+= autoheader:../../devel/autoconf as egcs build depends 1999-07-16 00:50:04 +00:00
databases Add and enable gtranscript. 1999-08-20 16:12:32 +00:00
devel Updated patches for pth-1.1.1, missing from the previous commit due to an 1999-08-22 19:00:39 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors Record build options in the BuildInfo file via BUILD_DEFS. These can be 1999-08-18 09:13:09 +00:00
emulators ELF rpath issues. 1999-07-27 08:38:36 +00:00
fonts/Xg Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
games use "${GTAR}" instead of "tar" 1999-08-20 00:15:57 +00:00
graphics Add and enable viewfax. 1999-08-17 12:29:31 +00:00
ham Update tfkiss to 1.1.0, provided by Berndt Josef Wulf in pr 8089. 1999-07-27 16:03:05 +00:00
japanese Add and enable kinput2 1999-08-02 11:41:38 +00:00
lang Install the postscript documentation that is distributed with this 1999-08-19 10:50:06 +00:00
mail Update fetchmail to 5.0.7. 1999-08-22 20:20:57 +00:00
math Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
mbone ELF rpath issues. 1999-07-27 08:56:39 +00:00
meta-pkgs s/dekstop/desktop/ 1999-08-21 02:25:12 +00:00
misc Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
mk s/ECHO_CMD/ECHO/ 1999-08-21 19:27:27 +00:00
net Update delegate to 5.9.3 1999-08-22 15:55:50 +00:00
news Add and enable newscache. 1999-08-22 13:46:27 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
parallel Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
pkgtools Update checksum for pkg_info/delete changes. 1999-08-19 21:44:27 +00:00
plan9 Regen. 1999-08-03 15:05:45 +00:00
print Add and enable ggv. 1999-08-22 20:29:29 +00:00
security fix order 1999-08-20 00:42:58 +00:00
shells Be a bit more general when configuring this package on Solaris. 1999-08-17 16:11:27 +00:00
sysutils Update gcombust to 0.1.20. 1999-08-20 08:25:39 +00:00
templates Template for README-all.html, utilized in "make readme-all" target. 1999-08-22 01:32:07 +00:00
textproc Record build options in the BuildInfo file via BUILD_DEFS. These can be 1999-08-18 08:28:09 +00:00
www s/tar/${GTAR}/g, just in case the system tar(1) isn't GNU tar. 1999-08-19 15:49:03 +00:00
x11 // -> / in URL path, pointed out by Bernd Ernesti. 1999-08-22 10:59:02 +00:00
Makefile Collect information from pkgsrc/*/README.html into one long list 1999-08-22 01:30:15 +00:00
Packages.txt Document readme-all target 1999-08-22 01:31:16 +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.