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tron a2a10ce220 Update "libproplist" to version 0.10.1 because the 0.10.0 distribution
file has disappeared. A list of the changes is not available.
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archivers Add context to fuzzy patch. 2000-03-11 15:03:38 +00:00
audio It seems the information in gsm.h is not enough to make full use of 2000-04-07 17:01:51 +00:00
benchmarks Add and enable xengine. 2000-04-03 15:56:14 +00:00
biology add and enable rasmol 2000-03-13 04:43:21 +00:00
cad make qt-2.0.2 package conform to hier(7) and update pkgs which depend on 2000-04-05 15:22:42 +00:00
comms Adapt to new handling of "${CONFIGURE}". 2000-03-27 08:54:53 +00:00
converters Change from using qt to qt1. This clears the way to allow Qt to be upgraded 2000-03-28 00:12:29 +00:00
corba Adapt to new directory structure on GNOME ftp sites. 2000-01-02 18:02:39 +00:00
cross Update to version 20000317. Works with current and Solaris-2.7 2000-03-17 05:41:34 +00:00
databases replaced hardcoded operating systems names with ${LOWER_OPSYS} variable 2000-04-05 16:27:16 +00:00
devel Update "libproplist" to version 0.10.1 because the 0.10.0 distribution 2000-04-07 17:44:42 +00:00
distfiles Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
editors Change the pattern that looks for a started portmapper so that it actually 2000-04-03 21:37:03 +00:00
emulators Adapt to new handling of "${CONFIGURE}". 2000-03-27 08:54:53 +00:00
fonts regen 2000-04-07 03:52:20 +00:00
games -look in the right place for Qt includes. 2000-04-06 18:00:13 +00:00
graphics Require a properly installed netpbm package, instead of insisting on 2000-04-07 14:40:36 +00:00
ham remove trailing `.' 2000-03-09 13:47:31 +00:00
japanese Because the minor of "libpng" was bumped we must sure that packages 2000-03-21 22:40:50 +00:00
lang Upgrade to icon-9.3.2. 2000-04-05 14:32:51 +00:00
mail add comment about dependency to sendmail 2000-04-05 16:18:33 +00:00
math Make this "highly portable program" compile on Solaris. 2000-03-23 13:40:41 +00:00
mbone Ask for a properly installed gsm package to build with, nothing 2000-04-07 17:20:40 +00:00
meta-pkgs Depend on emacs-20.6. 2000-03-10 16:21:35 +00:00
misc You are in the presence of a System Administrator. Kneel. 2000-04-07 02:22:47 +00:00
mk * small whitespace fix 2000-04-06 16:03:22 +00:00
net also change homepage, and add some scripts 2000-04-06 23:24:32 +00:00
news Adapt to new handling of "${CONFIGURE}". 2000-03-27 08:54:53 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel fix PLIST problems, remove BROKEN 2000-03-02 23:47:33 +00:00
pkgtools * Only warn that EXTRACT_SUFX is superfluous if DISTFILES is set AND 2000-04-05 23:34:42 +00:00
plan9 remove trailing `.' 2000-03-09 13:47:31 +00:00
print Update gnome-print to 0.16. Changes are interface enhancements and 2000-04-07 08:43:01 +00:00
security Update to newer distfile. Only change is in the README: 2000-04-06 23:11:38 +00:00
shells remove overlooked obsoleted patch 2000-03-30 14:04:47 +00:00
sysutils update to the release version lsof-4.49 (we have been using a beta); 2000-04-06 13:17:09 +00:00
templates Template for README-IPv6.html 2000-02-09 03:51:23 +00:00
textproc Because the minor of "libpng" was bumped we must sure that packages 2000-03-21 22:40:50 +00:00
www fix IPv6 build. 2000-04-07 10:11:54 +00:00
x11 Remove outdated mirror on "shadowmere.student.utwente.nl" from master 2000-04-07 14:56:35 +00:00
Makefile Change detection of IPv6-enabled packages by searching for 2000-03-30 13:01:49 +00:00
Packages.txt Stop phantasizing about merging pkgs back into FreeBSD, instead tell people 2000-03-10 17:57:11 +00:00
pkglocate Add a small shell script to locate words in either the PLIST files or 2000-02-21 12:38:54 +00:00
README some corrections by David Maxwell 2000-01-14 10:32:35 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.9 2000/01/14 10:32:35 abs 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, is the default /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.