Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
Find a file
2001-08-23 19:42:01 +00:00
archivers add and enable bicom 2001-08-13 21:38:11 +00:00
audio Find libraries in ${BUILDLINK_DIR}/lib and mark as USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY. 2001-08-23 16:54:37 +00:00
benchmarks Forgot RCS ID. 2001-07-28 00:15:12 +00:00
biology Remove explicit settings of FOO_CONFIG=${BUILDLINK_CONFIG_WRAPPER.foo} in 2001-08-17 21:16:45 +00:00
cad Move per-package default XAW_TYPE setting above the inclusion of 2001-08-23 04:26:51 +00:00
chat Don't install the link for netscape, as the URL launcher may be set 2001-08-20 04:10:20 +00:00
comms Convert to use buildlink.mk files. 2001-08-22 02:21:44 +00:00
converters Fix DEPENDS line. 2001-08-23 19:42:01 +00:00
cross Add autoconf to BUILD_DEPENDS. 2001-08-16 07:28:48 +00:00
databases Manually add LIBS+=${LIBGETOPT} to the package Makefile as it's no longer 2001-08-20 03:55:31 +00:00
devel Don't automatically add -lgetopt to LIBS, as we usually only want -lgetopt 2001-08-20 03:54:48 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Move per-package default XAW_TYPE setting above the inclusion of 2001-08-23 04:26:51 +00:00
emulators Update xmame to 0.53.1 (yes, they have chenged their numbering scheme) 2001-08-19 21:12:44 +00:00
finance Packages that USE_IMAKE shouldn't set USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY, as they don't 2001-08-22 17:38:56 +00:00
fonts add ko-*. supersedes ksc5601fonts. 2001-07-22 01:13:10 +00:00
games Move per-package default XAW_TYPE setting above the inclusion of 2001-08-23 04:26:51 +00:00
graphics Default to XAW_TYPE=3d as we need at least Xaw3d to compile. 2001-08-23 19:19:40 +00:00
ham Add an info dir entry to tntdoc.info and fix Makefile and PLIST accordingly. 2001-05-16 22:07:02 +00:00
japanese o Some bugfix for namazu-2.0.6; 2001-08-21 14:01:18 +00:00
lang Update comment from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1 2001-08-14 17:23:47 +00:00
licenses VMWare license in preparation for the package in emulators/vmware. 2001-07-07 14:24:21 +00:00
mail make it IGNORE for now until we upgrade (security hole found) 2001-08-22 05:57:31 +00:00
math Require at least version 0.2.3 of libole2 2001-08-13 19:55:51 +00:00
mbone CPPFLAGS is now passed to MAKE_ENV and CONFIGURE_ENV by bsd.pkg.mk, so 2001-06-11 06:34:17 +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 Move per-package default XAW_TYPE setting above the inclusion of 2001-08-23 04:26:51 +00:00
mk dirname is in /usr/bin. Now buildlink has a fighting chance on Linux 2001-08-23 16:54:09 +00:00
net Fix for Linux 2001-08-23 17:15:15 +00:00
news Update to 0.9.7.2. Plus: clean up Makefile, buildlinkify. 2001-08-22 14:21:46 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Update clusterit to 2.0. 2001-08-14 08:33:32 +00:00
pkgtools Updated pkgchk to 1.10: 2001-08-23 11:55:16 +00:00
print Add default XAW_TYPE?=3d to indicate that this package wants at least 2001-08-23 16:59:09 +00:00
security Update of stunnel to version 3.20, from Martti Kuparinen in PR pkg/13728. 2001-08-19 16:26:07 +00:00
shells The TCSH_STATIC mk.conf definition has been removed in favour of a 2001-08-14 12:48:21 +00:00
sysutils Use config script wrappers for proper buildlinking. 2001-08-23 19:21:11 +00:00
templates Note how to report problems, or send updates or suggestions. 2001-03-19 17:44:30 +00:00
textproc .ifdef wants the variable name without ${}. 2001-08-21 14:56:44 +00:00
time Move per-package default XAW_TYPE setting above the inclusion of 2001-08-23 04:26:51 +00:00
wm Packages that USE_IMAKE shouldn't set USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY, as they don't 2001-08-22 17:38:56 +00:00
www Do not install a .orig file (also fixes binary package under Linux) 2001-08-23 18:06:16 +00:00
x11 Default to XAW_TYPE=3d as we need at least Xaw3d to compile. 2001-08-23 19:22:50 +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 Minor clarifications for buildlink section. 2001-08-22 17:59:11 +00:00
pkglocate Update the usage message to explain what each option letter does. 2001-04-03 09:28:32 +00:00
README update a bit 2001-06-06 19:41:05 +00:00
TODO One less: qmail is done 2001-08-16 19:54:11 +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.