Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
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archivers Add and enable szdd 2001-05-14 13:03:47 +00:00
audio Standardize name of file to include for build-links to be "buildlink.mk". 2001-05-24 08:53:54 +00:00
benchmarks Add distinfo file. 2001-04-27 23:33:24 +00:00
biology Remove redundant echoing, quoting, and input redirection to sed. 2001-04-28 23:59:17 +00:00
cad Update to dinotrace-9.1d 2001-05-24 20:17:13 +00:00
chat Updated gaim to 0.11.0-pre11 2001-05-22 16:27:33 +00:00
comms Standardize name of file to include for build-links to be "buildlink.mk". 2001-05-24 08:53:54 +00:00
converters Add and enable dvi2tty. 2001-05-26 13:05:44 +00:00
cross work around a compiler bug (shocked i know) when building the 2001-05-27 15:17:36 +00:00
databases Update to 0.1027. Changes: 2001-05-26 01:53:32 +00:00
devel Add buildlink.mk file to link the appropriate libraries and headers into 2001-05-28 03:00:23 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Use buildlink.mk files to get libiconv and png dependencies, and, as a 2001-05-26 08:13:13 +00:00
emulators Update xmame to 0.37b15.1 2001-05-27 18:58:18 +00:00
finance Update to 1.4.12. Changes: 2001-05-26 01:35:54 +00:00
fonts Use SHA1, and add sizes. 2001-05-09 21:16:47 +00:00
games Standardize name of file to include for build-links to be "buildlink.mk". 2001-05-24 08:53:54 +00:00
graphics Rework build to use buildlink.mk files so that it won't pick up installed 2001-05-28 03:16:44 +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 Add buildlink.mk file to link appropriate libraries and headers into 2001-05-28 03:09:10 +00:00
lang Standardize name of file to include for build-links to be "buildlink.mk". 2001-05-24 08:53:54 +00:00
licenses Add PalmOS SDK licenses. 2001-04-25 17:52:45 +00:00
mail Update: mew 1.95b121 -> 1.95b123 2001-05-25 08:32:54 +00:00
math Standardize name of file to include for build-links to be "buildlink.mk". 2001-05-24 08:53:54 +00:00
mbone Mechanical changes of tk DEPENDS: 2001-05-05 19:51:13 +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 Drop maintainership 2001-05-26 09:56:10 +00:00
mk Introduce a new variable KJS_USE_PCRE that controls the regex library 2001-05-24 22:18:21 +00:00
net upgrade to 0.8.18. 2001-05-27 11:31:45 +00:00
news fix bug: Rereading active file doesn't reread active.mail (MH box 2001-05-23 13:15:34 +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 Update pkgdiff to 0.100 2001-05-24 17:02:44 +00:00
print Use buildlink.mk files to get dependencies for png, jpeg, and tiff. 2001-05-26 16:32:37 +00:00
security No functional change...just rework some code and re-sort some lines. 2001-05-26 07:26:51 +00:00
shells Pass --no-split option to makeinfo. Reported to packages@netbsd.org 2001-05-24 14:54:22 +00:00
sysutils Add and enable "koncd" package. 2001-05-24 14:45:07 +00:00
templates Note how to report problems, or send updates or suggestions. 2001-03-19 17:44:30 +00:00
textproc Use zlib's buildlink.mk to get dependency on zlib if needed. 2001-05-26 21:51:51 +00:00
time Update devtodo to 0.1.6.1 2001-05-15 06:54:23 +00:00
wm Remove patch obsoleted by last update. 2001-05-22 19:35:37 +00:00
www This should be the last fix to the sum (I'll stop fixing the distro). 2001-05-27 22:32:06 +00:00
x11 Update to fox-0.99.172 and xunicode-0.3.2.2. 2001-05-27 07:57:38 +00:00
Makefile echo -> ${ECHO} 2001-02-27 20:23:59 +00:00
Packages.txt make the bin-install target look at some FTP servers (stored in 2001-05-20 01:58:19 +00:00
pkglocate Update the usage message to explain what each option letter does. 2001-04-03 09:28:32 +00:00
README No paragraph (picking nits). 2000-07-23 18:02:33 +00:00
TODO Remove one (a2ps) 2001-05-22 13:12:40 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.11 2000/07/23 18:02:33 fredb 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 where you found this README, or in your top-level pkgsrc
directory.