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archivers Oops, forgot to remove this file on update. 2001-06-14 10:54:05 +00:00
audio Convert to use buildlink.mk files and mark as USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY. 2001-06-19 16:04:18 +00:00
benchmarks s/non-commercial/no-commercial-use/ 2001-06-04 23:58:42 +00:00
biology Remove redundant echoing, quoting, and input redirection to sed. 2001-04-28 23:59:17 +00:00
cad Convert to use buildlink.mk files and mark as USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY. Set 2001-06-20 01:49:10 +00:00
chat Add a patch from Rafal Boni <rafal@mediaone.net> to fix build on 2001-06-20 05:46:39 +00:00
comms LIBS is automatically added to CONFIGURE_ENV by bsd.pkg.mk if 2001-06-12 20:33:00 +00:00
converters Mark as USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY. 2001-06-20 07:28:09 +00:00
cross CPPFLAGS is now passed to MAKE_ENV and CONFIGURE_ENV by bsd.pkg.mk, so 2001-06-11 06:34:17 +00:00
databases Add buildlink.mk file for use by other package Makefiles. 2001-06-19 07:37:37 +00:00
devel Mention that this is the development version. 2001-06-20 16:51:55 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Convert to use buildlink.mk files and mark as USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY. 2001-06-20 19:57:48 +00:00
emulators Make this package happy with xpkgwedge; Since mkfontdir is a part of standard 2001-06-12 05:25:38 +00:00
finance CPPFLAGS is now passed to MAKE_ENV and CONFIGURE_ENV by bsd.pkg.mk, so 2001-06-11 06:34:17 +00:00
fonts Make this package happy with xpkgwedge; Since mkfontdir is a part of standard 2001-06-12 05:25:38 +00:00
games Convert to use buildlink.mk file for ncurses dependency and mark as 2001-06-20 08:33:52 +00:00
graphics Update of yplot to 1.1.0. 2001-06-20 12:58:56 +00:00
ham Add an info dir entry to tntdoc.info and fix Makefile and PLIST accordingly. 2001-05-16 22:07:02 +00:00
japanese - Update p5-jcode to 2.13. 2001-06-20 16:22:07 +00:00
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licenses Add license for misc/astrolog. 2001-06-08 00:38:59 +00:00
mail Update to 3.15.1, from Martti Kuparinen via pkg/13257. 2001-06-20 14:08:41 +00:00
math Update of ntl to 5.1a. Change build system to use libtool for 2001-06-20 10:19:27 +00:00
mbone CPPFLAGS is now passed to MAKE_ENV and CONFIGURE_ENV by bsd.pkg.mk, so 2001-06-11 06:34:17 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update to new COMMENT style: COMMENT var in Makefile instead of pkg/COMMENT. 2001-02-17 17:52:59 +00:00
misc Convert to use buildlink.mk file to get ncurses dependency and mark as 2001-06-20 06:05:52 +00:00
mk Move default setting of XAW_TYPE to bsd.prefs.mk. 2001-06-20 19:36:03 +00:00
net Update upclient to 4.2.1.23. 2001-06-20 14:30:47 +00:00
news LICENSE=no-profit 2001-06-05 00:54:08 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel forgot to cvs add these first. 2001-05-24 19:51:47 +00:00
pkgtools If you install pkglint/lintpkgsrc from a binary pkg, make sure that 2001-06-20 13:53:05 +00:00
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security Update to 3.14, from Martti Kuparinen via pkg/13256. 2001-06-20 13:44:12 +00:00
shells Add a patch from Rafal Boni <rafal@mediaone.net> to recognize mipseb 2001-06-20 05:39:02 +00:00
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templates Note how to report problems, or send updates or suggestions. 2001-03-19 17:44:30 +00:00
textproc Mark as USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY. 2001-06-20 09:29:26 +00:00
time Fix some more X11BASE confusion. pkg/13219 by John P. Darrow. 2001-06-15 22:46:27 +00:00
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www Because source tarball has changed(only CVS/* files), update digest. 2001-06-19 15:48:23 +00:00
x11 Mark as USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY. 2001-06-20 21:17:36 +00:00
Makefile echo -> ${ECHO} 2001-02-27 20:23:59 +00:00
Packages.txt Document buildlink.mk methodology. 2001-06-19 20:55:01 +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 apsfilter import is done. 2001-06-11 21:57:57 +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.