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hubertf cc48760cf8 Update gqmpeg to 0.10.0. Changes:
* Added video4linux radio tuner support of /dev/radio,
   stations are added by 'opening custom' and choosing
   'Radio station'.
 * Updated French translation.
 * Allow user options entry for ogg123.
 * Attempt to set the correct ogg123 device for the platform.
 * Added (untested) support for mixers on Tru64 and HPUX.
 * Added Russian ID3 tag support (configure --enable-russian).
 * Show overwrite confirm dialog when overwriting a playlist.
 * Fix closing of a pipe twice in ogg123 module.
 * Fix incorrect warning flags during ogg123 playback.
 * Make double size work again.
 * Minor bug fixes.
2001-11-27 02:07:09 +00:00
archivers Buildlinkify, in the sense that only the perl headers are found in 2001-11-26 06:49:36 +00:00
audio Update gqmpeg to 0.10.0. Changes: 2001-11-27 02:07:09 +00:00
benchmarks Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:52:58 +00:00
biology Replace "${GTAR} cf - . | (cd ... ; ${GTAR} xf - )" pipelines with a 2001-11-14 14:47:53 +00:00
cad add and enable gerbv, gnucap, and mcalc. 2001-11-15 04:00:22 +00:00
chat Use PKG_{USERS,GROUPS} instead of PKG_{USER,GROUP}. 2001-11-26 20:38:31 +00:00
comms Buildlinkify, in the sense that only the perl headers are found in 2001-11-26 06:49:36 +00:00
converters Buildlinkify, in the sense that only the perl headers are found in 2001-11-26 06:49:36 +00:00
cross Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:03:21 +00:00
databases Use PKG_{USERS,GROUPS} instead of PKG_{USER,GROUP}. 2001-11-26 20:38:31 +00:00
devel clean up some comments - no code change 2001-11-27 01:18:32 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Updated to 0.9.5. 2001-11-26 13:08:24 +00:00
emulators Update emulators/uae to version 0.8.18. 2001-11-27 00:04:45 +00:00
finance Buildlinkify, in the sense that only the perl headers are found in 2001-11-26 06:49:36 +00:00
fonts Upgrade mkttfdir from 1.0 to 1.1. Provided in PR 14641 by Rui-Xiang Guo 2001-11-22 13:42:08 +00:00
games Use the general INSTALL/DEINSTALL scripts instead of the homegrown ones. 2001-11-19 23:33:03 +00:00
graphics - Some operations that worked in-place on some format (e.g, 2001-11-27 01:26:49 +00:00
ham Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 20:59:00 +00:00
japanese Buildlinkify, in the sense that only the perl headers are found in 2001-11-26 06:49:36 +00:00
lang Buildlinkify, in the sense that only the perl headers are found in 2001-11-26 06:49:36 +00:00
licenses VMWare license in preparation for the package in emulators/vmware. 2001-07-07 14:24:21 +00:00
mail Add & enable qmail-users (hi wiz! thanks wiz! :) 2001-11-26 22:38:39 +00:00
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mbone Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 20:59:00 +00:00
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misc Buildlinkify, in the sense that only the perl headers are found in 2001-11-26 06:49:36 +00:00
mk Replace PKG_{USER,GROUP} with PKG_USERS and PKG_GROUPS: 2001-11-26 20:37:38 +00:00
net Replace remained SAMBA_SHARE to SAMBA_DATA. It was changed in revision 2001-11-26 23:55:06 +00:00
news Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 20:59:00 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:52:58 +00:00
pkgtools Update pkgchk to 1.19 2001-11-21 23:01:56 +00:00
print Use PKG_{USERS,GROUPS} instead of PKG_{USER,GROUP}. 2001-11-26 20:38:31 +00:00
security Use PKG_{USERS,GROUPS} instead of PKG_{USER,GROUP}. 2001-11-26 20:38:31 +00:00
shells Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:18:56 +00:00
sysutils Update to 0.3.1nb1: Adjust to new apm scheme 2001-11-26 23:09:29 +00:00
templates Fix the location of DESCR for the readme files 2001-11-03 03:26:08 +00:00
textproc Buildlinkify, in the sense that only the perl headers are found in 2001-11-26 06:49:36 +00:00
time add and enable globe 2001-11-26 20:49:27 +00:00
wm scwm has been broken for over a year now (because it doesn't work with 2001-11-09 00:43:12 +00:00
www Add missing file "share/omf/galeon/galeon-manual-C.omf". 2001-11-26 15:41:15 +00:00
x11 Add PREFIX to configure environment. The configure script needs it. 2001-11-26 14:47:06 +00:00
Makefile Use better expressions for grep, to avoid tagging non-IPv6 enabled packages 2001-07-17 13:11:51 +00:00
Packages.txt Update description of how to create a user/group account for a package 2001-11-26 22:06:58 +00:00
pkglocate Apply mods from PR 14495, from Ryo HAYASAKA (ryoh@jaist.ac.jp), so that 2001-11-07 22:11:13 +00:00
README update a bit 2001-06-06 19:41:05 +00:00
TODO Added the gnome Nautilus file manager to be made into a pkg 2001-10-30 14:17:19 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.12 2001/06/06 19:41:05 hubertf 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 file in the same place where you found this README,
usually in the top-level pkgsrc dir.
directory.