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hubertf 6bee88b176 Add GQMPEG_NO_JAPANESE variable to allow keeping gqmpeg from interpreting
russian-language ID3 tags as japanese-language ones.

Patch submitted by Sergey Svishchev <svs@ropnet.ru> in PR 14426.
2001-11-02 01:24:05 +00:00
archivers Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 20:24:14 +00:00
audio Add GQMPEG_NO_JAPANESE variable to allow keeping gqmpeg from interpreting 2001-11-02 01:24:05 +00:00
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devel Fix build error. 2001-11-02 00:30:10 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 20:59:00 +00:00
emulators Fix build problems if the "libusb" package is installed. 2001-11-01 14:45:38 +00:00
finance Ensure the plugins dir is there at install time 2001-11-01 15:28:44 +00:00
fonts Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:52:58 +00:00
games Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-11-01 00:57:41 +00:00
graphics Finishing my cvs {rm,add} crusade in pkg/ 2001-11-01 20:38:21 +00:00
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lang Change reachover references into another package's pkg/ directory into 2001-11-01 09:41:13 +00:00
licenses VMWare license in preparation for the package in emulators/vmware. 2001-07-07 14:24:21 +00:00
mail Update "mutt-devel" package to lastest development version 1.3.23.1. 2001-11-01 16:10:41 +00:00
math Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-11-01 00:32:23 +00:00
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misc Ensure the plugins dir is there at install time 2001-11-01 15:28:44 +00:00
mk Add GQMPEG_NO_JAPANESE variable to allow keeping gqmpeg from interpreting 2001-11-02 01:24:05 +00:00
net Ensure the plugins dir is there at install time 2001-11-01 15:28:44 +00:00
news Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 20:59:00 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:52:58 +00:00
pkgtools Bump version. Changed lintpkgsrc.pl to parse patchfiles in the distinfo 2001-11-01 23:26:42 +00:00
print Change reachover references into another package's pkg/ directory into 2001-11-01 09:41:13 +00:00
security move pkg/INSTALL.SunOS to pkg toplevel directory or else this pkg is broken 2001-11-01 14:24:19 +00:00
shells Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:18:56 +00:00
sysutils Commit the last changes to the correct file - its commit message was: 2001-11-01 18:41:49 +00:00
templates Note how to report problems, or send updates or suggestions. 2001-03-19 17:44:30 +00:00
textproc Use "${PREFIX}" instead of hard coded "/usr/pkg". 2001-11-01 18:24:44 +00:00
time Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:18:56 +00:00
wm Fix build problem on systems running XFree86 3.3.x in conjuction with the 2001-11-01 10:00:52 +00:00
www I should have cvs removed this file before 2001-11-01 21:04:17 +00:00
x11 Adapt to new directory layout. 2001-11-01 18:32:02 +00:00
Makefile Use better expressions for grep, to avoid tagging non-IPv6 enabled packages 2001-07-17 13:11:51 +00:00
Packages.txt Missing semicolons between commands in automake example. 2001-10-31 04:24:16 +00:00
pkglocate Update the usage message to explain what each option letter does. 2001-04-03 09:28:32 +00:00
README update a bit 2001-06-06 19:41:05 +00:00
TODO Added the gnome Nautilus file manager to be made into a pkg 2001-10-30 14:17:19 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.12 2001/06/06 19:41:05 hubertf 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 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" while in the directory for the package.

+ 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.

+ Optionally, you can periodically run "make clean" from the top
level pkgsrc directory. This will delete extracted and built files,
but will not affect the retreived source sets in pkgsrc/distfiles.

+ 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 pkgsrc/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.

One limitation of using binary packages provided from ftp.netbsd.org
is that all mk.conf options were set to the defaults at compile time.
LOCALBASE, in particular, defaults to /usr/pkg, so non-X binaries
will be installed in /usr/pkg/bin, man pages will be installed in
/usr/pkg/man...

When a packaged tool has major compile time choices, such as support
for multiple graphic toolkit libraries, the different options may
be available as separate packages.

For more information on the packages collection see the file
Packages.txt file in the same place where you found this README,
usually in the top-level pkgsrc dir.
directory.