Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
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archivers Remove double dot. 1998-09-16 17:47:04 +00:00
audio add NOT_FOR_ARCHS= alpha for all of these pkgs which are *known* to fail 1998-09-22 06:11:35 +00:00
benchmarks Add a benchmark target to the package Makefile, so that the benchmark 1998-09-24 09:23:32 +00:00
cad Fix this package name. 1998-09-15 09:26:24 +00:00
comms Make this package install the C++ examples, so that the PLIST is correct. 1998-09-22 14:56:11 +00:00
converters Fix "${MASTER_SITES}". 1998-09-28 13:43:35 +00:00
corba Make this package use GNU indent, which can act as a filter, rather 1998-09-04 22:00:45 +00:00
cross Fix location of wmemu2b.zip. 1998-08-26 19:35:37 +00:00
databases Tim tested some of these, but I don't know which. Since at least one of 1998-09-27 22:24:43 +00:00
devel Do not search for ncurses before curses. 1998-10-04 19:56:34 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors Gracefully try to delete the site-lisp dirs, and quietly continue if the 1998-10-03 02:44:42 +00:00
emulators add NOT_FOR_ARCHS= alpha for all of these pkgs which are *known* to fail 1998-09-22 06:11:35 +00:00
fonts/Xg Add NetBSD RCS Ids. 1998-08-07 13:27:33 +00:00
games Depend on Mesa-3.0. 1998-09-30 20:03:18 +00:00
graphics Depend on "gtk+-1.1.2". 1998-10-04 19:20:44 +00:00
lang Use PLIST-md.shared on alpha and place an exception into perl's Makefile, 1998-10-03 03:14:23 +00:00
mail Back out previous, and nuke mail-directory default setting completely. 1998-10-04 00:11:36 +00:00
math Fix typo. 1998-10-03 20:51:17 +00:00
mbone <sys/inttypes.h> -> <inttypes.h>. A brick flies off into the ether. 1998-10-02 09:49:59 +00:00
meta-pkgs As apache got upgraded to 1.3.1, adjust DEPENDS on it as well. 1998-08-14 10:17:44 +00:00
misc RCSIDs. 1998-10-04 18:22:31 +00:00
mk fix list of ports supporting UVM and PMAP_NEW with reality. 1998-10-04 02:29:35 +00:00
net update to V2.211 1998-10-04 01:59:52 +00:00
news Get libtool from the right place. 1998-10-02 15:07:58 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
pkgtools Add "pkgtools" to categories. 1998-10-04 19:04:06 +00:00
plan9 add NOT_FOR_ARCHS= alpha for all of these pkgs which are *known* to fail 1998-09-22 06:11:35 +00:00
print Remove @exec statement which didn't do the right thing when installing 1998-09-22 10:17:38 +00:00
security Get libtool from the right place. 1998-10-02 22:52:48 +00:00
shells Upgrade to tcsh-6.08.00 1998-10-03 07:06:23 +00:00
sysutils RCSIDs. 1998-10-04 18:22:31 +00:00
templates Packages.txt moved. 1998-08-23 01:32:19 +00:00
textproc add NOT_FOR_ARCHS= alpha for all of these pkgs which are *known* to fail 1998-09-22 06:11:35 +00:00
www Add and enable p5-FCGI. 1998-10-04 19:01:23 +00:00
x11 Add "glib-1.1.3" to conflicts. 1998-10-04 18:39:13 +00:00
Makefile Add pkgtools category 1998-08-28 12:26:50 +00:00
Packages.txt Add a cdrom-readme target, a clone of the readme target, for ease of use. 1998-09-23 13:09:32 +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.