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archivers Remove unnecessary slash from master site list. 1999-04-14 21:39:01 +00:00
audio Use "@unexec rm -f" to remove "etc/rplay.conf" because it doesn't get 1999-04-20 16:39:11 +00:00
benchmarks Rewrite the extraction commands to be more intuitive. 1999-04-01 14:07:52 +00:00
biology remove README.html from repository 1999-04-16 15:56:50 +00:00
cad Completely replace "MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR" and "PATCH_SITE_SUBDIR" with 1999-04-15 20:39:38 +00:00
comms Explicitly include libtermcap. 1999-04-23 19:55:56 +00:00
converters Completely replace "MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR" and "PATCH_SITE_SUBDIR" with 1999-04-15 20:39:38 +00:00
corba Update dependence for "glib" package to version 1.2.1. 1999-04-16 19:24:34 +00:00
cross Disable all cross pkgs except zoularis (which IMHO belongs in emulators, 1999-04-26 14:12:59 +00:00
databases Fix typo in last commit 1999-04-25 20:10:00 +00:00
devel Fix some minor LP64 warnings that are treated as errors. Compiles 1999-04-26 18:34:42 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors Enable pico.. why was this disabled? 1999-04-26 19:17:47 +00:00
emulators Match Matthias's changes for MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR. 1999-04-15 20:54:29 +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 add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 18:38:28 +00:00
graphics add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 18:38:28 +00:00
japanese Remove unnecessary slash from master site list. 1999-04-14 21:39:01 +00:00
lang add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 18:38:28 +00:00
mail add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 18:56:13 +00:00
math add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 18:56:13 +00:00
mbone add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 18:56:13 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update DEPENDS to catch up with other packages' version changes. 1999-04-06 02:03:00 +00:00
misc add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 18:56:13 +00:00
mk Add "DISTDIR", fixes PR pkg/7423 by Minoura Makoto. 1999-04-24 19:48:23 +00:00
net add USE_X11=yes 1999-04-26 19:15:37 +00:00
news Fix run time library search path. 1999-04-23 21:41:25 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
parallel Eek. Committed a change that we're not quite ready for just yet. 1999-03-08 11:05:22 +00:00
pkgtools * Work around RCS ID expansion 1999-04-23 13:47:44 +00:00
plan9 Back out last commit. 1999-04-04 16:58:24 +00:00
print Completely replace "MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR" and "PATCH_SITE_SUBDIR" with 1999-04-15 20:39:38 +00:00
security RSAREF is no longer available directly from RSA. 1999-04-25 19:10:16 +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 Fix for Solaris. 1999-04-21 15:31:05 +00:00
templates Packages.txt moved. 1998-08-23 01:32:19 +00:00
textproc Get rid of old-style chown usage. 1999-04-23 12:33:19 +00:00
www use perl only for building 1999-04-26 00:27:50 +00:00
x11 Update dependences for "gnome-core" package to version 1.0.5. 1999-04-26 17:17:05 +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.