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jtb 8f523ed378 Fix the configuration process to work with the current libtool. Back
out previous change. Thanks to Nick Hudson for pointing out the stupidity
of my last change.
2001-02-16 05:44:04 +00:00
archivers Back out part of last change. Adding COMMENT=<comment> to the Makefile was 2001-02-15 18:10:48 +00:00
audio Add conflict with "gmp3info" package. 2001-02-15 09:27:47 +00:00
benchmarks Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
biology It appears that the source has moved. Fixes i386 bulk build problem. 2001-02-15 16:09:55 +00:00
cad Fix problem from pkgsrc i386 bulk build. 2001-02-10 16:56:33 +00:00
chat do not reference freed memory region. found by mallof.conf=AJ 2001-02-12 00:53:12 +00:00
comms Add and enable "estic" package. 2001-02-10 18:35:52 +00:00
converters Add seperate package list for SunOS. 2001-02-12 19:24:39 +00:00
cross Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
databases Patch to fix alpha-related problems. Sent in private mail by Berndt Josef 2001-02-13 02:39:32 +00:00
devel regen 2001-02-15 13:34:57 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors some refine.adviced by Hubert. 2001-02-10 07:44:11 +00:00
emulators Add three patches supplied by Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at>: 2001-02-12 14:09:24 +00:00
finance Update to 1.4.10. Changes: Updated translations, support for Greek Drachma 2001-01-31 17:12:38 +00:00
fonts typo. BUILD_DEPEND -> BUILD_DEPENDS 2001-02-01 21:55:07 +00:00
games regen 2001-02-15 13:34:57 +00:00
graphics Fix compilation with ImageMagick 5.2.8. 2001-02-15 15:25:57 +00:00
ham Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
japanese Fix some mismatch of configuration file's pathname. 2001-02-09 00:06:37 +00:00
lang Fix the configuration process to work with the current libtool. Back 2001-02-16 05:44:04 +00:00
licenses Add jdk licence to the licenses/ directory, so that "make show-license" 2001-02-09 15:03:06 +00:00
mail sync RBL list with reality (MAPS: most went to mail-abuse.org, ORBS: 2001-02-14 06:02:44 +00:00
math I missed adding these back. 2001-02-15 18:16:56 +00:00
mbone Fix a few more paste-o's. 2001-02-07 05:16:39 +00:00
meta-pkgs Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
misc Fix pasto (NO_BIN_ON_CDROM either) 2001-02-15 14:08:13 +00:00
mk when removing out of date binary packages from ${PACKAGES}/All, also remove 2001-02-15 20:13:28 +00:00
net Update to 4.1.0. Major change: SSL support. 2001-02-14 16:42:02 +00:00
news pull latest IPv6 patch. should fix PR 12184. 2001-02-13 03:54:55 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Change the names of the ssh and ssh6 packages to ssh{,6}-1.2.27nb1 so 2001-02-13 12:49:06 +00:00
pkgtools fix typo 2001-02-13 03:00:12 +00:00
print add verilog support. tried to contact the last known author/maintainer 2001-02-15 07:18:57 +00:00
security Prune old/nonexistant mirror sites from MASTER_SITES. 2001-02-15 15:18:17 +00:00
shells Update HOMEPAGE. 2001-01-11 20:01:33 +00:00
sysutils regen 2001-02-15 13:34:57 +00:00
templates It's pkg_add(1), not pkg_add(8). 2001-01-24 04:12:58 +00:00
textproc Rename "${LOCALEBASE}" variable to "${LOCALEDIR}" to avoid mix-ups with 2001-02-13 11:47:00 +00:00
time Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
wm regen 2001-02-15 13:34:57 +00:00
www Updated to 1.10 2001-02-15 15:31:03 +00:00
x11 Rename "${LOCALEBASE}" variable to "${LOCALEDIR}" to avoid mix-ups with 2001-02-13 11:47:00 +00:00
Makefile Move lots of packages to new time category; fix links; add time subcategory 2000-12-17 23:40:53 +00:00
Packages.txt Add more text for developers explaining importing packages. 2001-02-09 14:48:39 +00:00
pkglocate Modify pkglocate to only use agrep if the glimpse package is 2001-02-13 08:18:44 +00:00
README No paragraph (picking nits). 2000-07-23 18:02:33 +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.