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hubertf 40ee75cbd8 Update to V1.43.
Changes: Fixed problem with terminals >80x25, new features, menu border
for mono terminals, new options, few bugs fixed.
1999-02-15 03:20:12 +00:00
archivers Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
audio Don't hardwire "${LOCALBASE}/bin/pkglibtool" as path for our package 1999-02-14 21:21:39 +00:00
benchmarks install hint-double and hint-int, both of which test the obvious. 1999-02-10 18:49:17 +00:00
cad Update gEDA to 19990124, provided in pr 6936 by Rene Hexel. 1999-02-04 21:21:23 +00:00
comms Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
converters Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
corba Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
cross patches to egcs for i386-netbsdelf. 1999-02-14 10:12:03 +00:00
databases Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
devel Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors Because "vim" still doesn't work with NetBSD's termcap library in X11 1999-02-12 21:32:59 +00:00
emulators Duh. Add and enable xcopilot. 1999-02-10 04:18:31 +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 pkglint: cleanup Makefile and add missing rcs ids. 1999-02-10 15:09:56 +00:00
graphics Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
japanese Initial import of new japanese category, and it's very first pkg, 1998-10-28 18:12:10 +00:00
lang Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
mail Update "mutt" package to version 0.95.3/0.95.3i. 1999-02-12 18:32:38 +00:00
math Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
mbone Replace all occurrences of USE_X11 with USE_X11BASE. This means "install this 1999-01-30 23:18:44 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update DEPENDS on glimpse to 4.1. 1998-12-03 12:41:57 +00:00
misc Update to V1.43. 1999-02-15 03:20:12 +00:00
mk Use "pkglibtool-1.2p1" as package libtool. 1999-02-14 21:15:12 +00:00
net Fix some more buffer overflow vulnerabilities described on bugtraq and 1999-02-14 15:27:50 +00:00
news Add "ulimit -d ulimit -H -d" to news.daily. Provided in pr 6978 1999-02-11 07:52:43 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
parallel update PLIST to reflect reality, and add a trick to determine if we have 1999-01-01 23:42:58 +00:00
pkgtools Update "pkglibtool" package to 1.2 patchlevel 1: 1999-02-14 21:14:04 +00:00
plan9 Set USE_X11=yes, to denote that the package uses X11 libraries and 1999-02-04 18:54:35 +00:00
print Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
security Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
shells Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
sysutils Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
templates Packages.txt moved. 1998-08-23 01:32:19 +00:00
textproc Use install-info in $PATH, so that systems with it in base will work too. 1999-02-11 19:17:28 +00:00
www Fix /bin/sh syntax of @exec lines. 1999-02-12 04:15:46 +00:00
x11 Skip configuration of custom libtool because we use our own one anyway. 1999-02-14 21:39:29 +00:00
Makefile Enable new japanese category, and document addition of category, and 1998-10-28 18:16:50 +00:00
Packages.txt - mention pkgsrc/mk/mk.conf.example at some points I found reasonable 1999-02-10 14:55:00 +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.