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archivers USE_PKGLOCALEDIR 2003-01-10 07:34:16 +00:00
audio update to 1.4.0 2003-01-10 11:06:23 +00:00
benchmarks Make it build on Darwin again. Darwin have not in_addr_t. 2003-01-06 13:32:32 +00:00
biology Fix thinko, /usr -> ${PREFIX}. 2002-12-01 20:25:39 +00:00
cad emacs.mk already includes bsd.prefs.mk, no need to include it manually a 2003-01-10 14:26:37 +00:00
chat emacs.mk already includes bsd.prefs.mk, no need to include it manually a 2003-01-10 14:26:37 +00:00
comms Update jpilot to 0.99.3. Changes include: 2003-01-10 04:34:18 +00:00
converters Update from 2.12 to 2.16. 2003-01-09 15:49:17 +00:00
cross Replace "true" by "${TRUE}". 2002-12-09 16:01:10 +00:00
databases Define NO_PKGTOOLS_REQD_CHECK, which will mean something in a moment. 2003-01-09 13:11:10 +00:00
devel Convert to use emacs.mk. 2003-01-10 14:39:58 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
doc Hmmm CVS tag got corrupted in 1.1067... fix it 2003-01-10 13:48:59 +00:00
editors Use the ispell dictionary again. That's why there's a dependency. 2003-01-10 06:52:52 +00:00
emulators Update from 0.62.1-rc3 to 0.62.1-rc4, using the patch file since there is 2003-01-09 19:46:13 +00:00
finance Fix PKGLOCALEDIR usage 2003-01-10 07:38:27 +00:00
fonts Register include files. Pointed out by Douglas Brebner in private mail. 2003-01-09 09:04:39 +00:00
games This works with newer guile. 2003-01-10 10:18:31 +00:00
graphics USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=yes 2003-01-10 07:39:46 +00:00
ham USE_PKGLOCALEDIR. 2002-12-01 14:37:12 +00:00
inputmethod Avoid setting LOCALBASE (this breaks path to some commands on non-NetBSD 2002-12-29 01:32:43 +00:00
lang Convert to buildlink2. This should solve problems reported in PR pkg/18175 2003-01-10 11:40:16 +00:00
licenses Add hptools-license for devel/hptools. From PR#19345. 2002-12-11 12:24:01 +00:00
mail Update evolution to 1.2.1. Changes include: 2003-01-09 13:59:25 +00:00
math emacs.mk already includes bsd.prefs.mk, no need to include it manually a 2003-01-10 14:26:37 +00:00
mbone Add configure patch to remove autoconf dependency. 2002-10-02 22:47:35 +00:00
meta-pkgs Change my email address to the NetBSD one (hispabsd.org -> netbsd.org). 2003-01-03 15:26:54 +00:00
misc update to 1.2.1 2003-01-10 11:15:55 +00:00
mk Protect some substitutions with slashes -- i.e. so that /usr/pkgsrc/.../work 2003-01-10 14:25:22 +00:00
net USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=yes 2003-01-10 07:39:46 +00:00
news USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=yes 2003-01-10 07:39:46 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel The lib/pkgconfig has been added to the list of standard directories, so do 2003-01-02 22:44:43 +00:00
pkgtools Add PKG_PRESERVE to the package Makefile. 2003-01-10 12:01:43 +00:00
print USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=yes 2003-01-10 07:39:46 +00:00
security USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=yes 2003-01-10 07:49:51 +00:00
shells Update ast-ksh to 20021221. 2003-01-08 07:04:13 +00:00
sysutils Include buildlink2 glue code for "libiconv" to fix build problems in 2003-01-10 12:41:33 +00:00
templates Fix the location of DESCR for the readme files 2001-11-03 03:26:08 +00:00
textproc Make this compile on SunOS 2003-01-10 15:30:24 +00:00
time Use time_t instead of long for return value of time(). Closes pkg/19720 2003-01-07 05:48:10 +00:00
wm USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=yes 2003-01-10 07:49:51 +00:00
www update to 1.3.1 2003-01-10 11:30:06 +00:00
x11 Add an LDFLAG that will hopefully fix the problem seen in Huberts recent 2003-01-10 15:10:17 +00:00
Makefile Switch the top level pkgsrc 'readme' and 'cdrom-readme' targets to use the 2003-01-05 13:37:15 +00:00
Packages.txt Document PKG_PRESERVE, the capability of a package to specify that it should 2003-01-10 11:58:02 +00:00
pkglocate Apply mods from PR 14495, from Ryo HAYASAKA (ryoh@jaist.ac.jp), so that 2001-11-07 22:11:13 +00:00
README Update a sentence which used to talk about mk.conf.example to explain the 2001-12-03 21:33:56 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.13 2001/12/03 21:33:56 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 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/bsd.pkg.defaults.mk gives
the defaults which are used in pkgsrc.  This file can be used as a
guide to set values in /etc/mk.conf - it is only necessary to set
values where they differ from the defaults.

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.