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archivers Don't use "NO_WRKSUBDIR" because it is supposed to be remove sooner or 1999-07-18 15:19:32 +00:00
audio Fix signal handling yb including <signal.h> 1999-07-19 23:46:19 +00:00
benchmarks Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
biology Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
cad Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
comms add LIBS="-ltermlib" to CONFIGURE_ENV. 1999-07-14 15:52:27 +00:00
converters Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
corba Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
cross Added BUILD_DEPENDS+= autoheader:../../devel/autoconf as egcs build depends 1999-07-16 00:50:04 +00:00
databases Correct typo. 1999-07-15 06:28:58 +00:00
devel Update to 1.3.8, since 1.3.7 is no longer available. 1999-07-22 07:01:20 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors libslang to 1.3.8 1999-07-22 07:10:47 +00:00
emulators update 6.1 to 6.2 1999-07-17 19:24:48 +00:00
fonts/Xg Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
games Oops.. s/ClanLib/clanlib. Noticed by dolecek@ics.muni.cz 1999-07-22 08:56:20 +00:00
graphics 3D modeller with a view of 3D modelling 1999-07-22 03:35:20 +00:00
ham Correct a typo. 1999-07-08 10:04:59 +00:00
japanese Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
lang Add ELF -rpath incantations. 1999-07-21 23:25:07 +00:00
mail integrate USE_INET6 build better. uses the same set of NetBSD patches, 1999-07-09 15:58:34 +00:00
math * Use libedit's readline wrapper instead of readline when possible. 1999-07-13 01:31:06 +00:00
mbone Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update for new lynx version 2.8.2 - noted by Webmaster Jim <jspath@bcpl.net> 1999-07-04 15:46:47 +00:00
misc libslang to 1.3.8 1999-07-22 07:10:47 +00:00
mk Some master-sites (like the second one of the libslang package) seem 1999-07-21 12:16:27 +00:00
net add /brick 1999-07-21 00:26:58 +00:00
news libslang to 1.3.8 1999-07-22 07:10:47 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
parallel Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
pkgtools Update "pkglibtool" to version 1.2p2. This version makes sure that you 1999-07-17 19:26:44 +00:00
plan9 Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
print Apply official patches to "ghostscript" package as suggested by John Kohl 1999-07-18 21:54:17 +00:00
security Fix so own copy of gmp compiles correctly on i386 with ELF. 1999-07-17 03:41:06 +00:00
shells Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:22:59 +00:00
sysutils libslang to 1.3.8 1999-07-22 07:10:47 +00:00
templates Packages.txt moved. 1998-08-23 01:32:19 +00:00
textproc Fix this on ELF platforms. 1999-07-09 18:50:02 +00:00
www libslang to 1.3.8 1999-07-22 07:10:47 +00:00
x11 oops, forget patchsum 1999-07-21 04:28:01 +00:00
Makefile Add and enable ham. 1999-06-06 19:33:17 +00:00
Packages.txt Document the show-downlevel target. 1999-07-09 15:29:43 +00:00
README Minor mods to clean up the English. 1998-09-01 11:03:23 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.8 1998/09/01 11:03:23 agc 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 && 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".

+ 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.

+ 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 pksrc/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.

For more information on the packages collection see the file
Packages.txt in this directory.