Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
Find a file
2001-03-12 10:51:47 +00:00
archivers Set CC to "${CC}", not cc. Duh? 2001-03-11 03:35:48 +00:00
audio Make this package work with version "0.64.0" of the "windowmaker" package. 2001-03-12 10:51:47 +00:00
benchmarks Cleanup MKDIR usage => INSTALL_*_DIR 2001-02-25 04:17:35 +00:00
biology Use ${PKGLOCALEDIR}. 2001-03-04 17:33:42 +00:00
cad update to dinotrace-9.1b 2001-03-09 11:38:33 +00:00
chat add and enable blackened 2001-03-10 15:04:15 +00:00
comms Find archivers in $PATH, make areafix output more sane, and move areafix 2001-03-09 19:06:18 +00:00
converters Put this in the correct primary category; also add "archivers" (handles 2001-03-11 02:29:21 +00:00
cross Purely automatic replacement: SYS_INCLUDE -> CROSS_SYS_INCLUDE. 2001-03-10 21:15:26 +00:00
databases Enabled support for alpha platforms 2001-03-10 12:14:07 +00:00
devel Use MD5 checksum until the problem with "digest" on Solaris has been fixed. 2001-03-10 14:55:37 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors ${MD5_FILE} -> ${DIGEST_FILE} 2001-03-07 15:52:01 +00:00
emulators add and enable osf1_lib 2001-03-11 23:24:40 +00:00
finance Cleanup MKDIR usage => INSTALL_*_DIR 2001-02-25 04:17:35 +00:00
fonts Cleanup MKDIR usage => INSTALL_*_DIR 2001-02-25 04:17:35 +00:00
games add & enable kulki 2001-03-12 09:01:47 +00:00
graphics Invoke "xmkmf" with full pathname to avoid problems on systems with two 2001-03-11 16:19:45 +00:00
ham Not needed any more -- COMMENTs are in Makefiles now. 2001-02-16 15:52:49 +00:00
japanese Invoke "xmkmf" with full pathname to avoid problems on systems with two 2001-03-11 16:19:45 +00:00
lang ${MD5_FILE} -> ${DIGEST_FILE} 2001-03-07 15:52:01 +00:00
licenses Add jdk licence to the licenses/ directory, so that "make show-license" 2001-02-09 15:03:06 +00:00
mail Fix typo (we don't want the INSTALL file to end up in /) 2001-03-12 10:26:21 +00:00
math Updated to tela-1.31. 2001-03-09 00:32:16 +00:00
mbone Update to new COMMENT style: COMMENT var in Makefile instead of pkg/COMMENT. 2001-02-17 17:52:59 +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 add & enable loco 2001-03-12 10:24:31 +00:00
mk Invoke "xmkmf" with full pathname to avoid problems on systems with two 2001-03-11 09:51:59 +00:00
net Fix vnc on macppc. Closes pkg/11510. 2001-03-12 10:24:03 +00:00
news Further improvement of IPv6 patches: 2001-03-10 22:05:53 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Update to new COMMENT style: COMMENT var in Makefile instead of pkg/COMMENT. 2001-02-17 17:52:59 +00:00
pkgtools Add sha256, sha384 and sha512 digest algorithms, with BSD-licenced 2001-03-12 09:08:40 +00:00
print don't include ELF shared symlinks which are not installed for a compat_osf1 2001-03-11 16:49:24 +00:00
security Update apg to 1.2.13: 2001-03-12 08:22:59 +00:00
shells Commented out MASTER_SITES and HOMEPAGE as they now require authorization 2001-03-08 21:26:50 +00:00
sysutils Bring upsd startup script more in line with /etc/rc.d and /etc/rc.conf. 2001-03-11 19:20:50 +00:00
templates It's pkg_add(1), not pkg_add(8). 2001-01-24 04:12:58 +00:00
textproc update to 1.8.11. 2001-03-10 12:37:20 +00:00
time Cleanup MKDIR usage => INSTALL_*_DIR 2001-02-25 04:17:35 +00:00
wm We don't want pkg/COMMENTs anymore. 2001-03-12 10:27:30 +00:00
www * Added LinuxPPC communicator package support for powerpc platforms. Approved 2001-03-10 22:31:57 +00:00
x11 Make this work with version "0.64.0" of the "windowmaker" package. 2001-03-12 10:43:19 +00:00
Makefile echo -> ${ECHO} 2001-02-27 20:23:59 +00:00
Packages.txt Update libtool to be based on a CVS snapshot of the multi-language branch 2001-02-27 08:20:23 +00:00
pkglocate put /usr/sbin into PATH in case user doesn't 2001-03-08 11:46:52 +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.