Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
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1998-12-20 21:12:57 +00:00
archivers Eliminate malloc() cast warnings on LP64. 1998-12-01 04:19:00 +00:00
audio Use -O2, not -O6. 1998-11-24 16:32:06 +00:00
benchmarks Set PKG_MISC_TARGETS+=benchmark, so all benchmarks can be run by: 1998-12-06 01:25:08 +00:00
cad Add and enable "geda" package, fixes PR pkg/6477 by Rene Hexel. 1998-11-24 22:03:40 +00:00
comms long -> time_t LP64 fix. 1998-12-17 16:19:20 +00:00
converters Update to 2.09. 1998-12-05 02:25:21 +00:00
corba Update "ORBit" package to version 0.3.90. 1998-12-19 12:31:46 +00:00
cross Fix location of wmemu2b.zip. 1998-08-26 19:35:37 +00:00
databases Enable zope-mysql 1998-12-19 18:44:45 +00:00
devel Update dependence for "glib" and fix detection of "gdm" library. 1998-12-19 00:02:39 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors Adapt to Netbsd. Split patch-a into multiple files. 1998-12-20 21:12:57 +00:00
emulators 0.34b8.1 1998-12-15 10:34:34 +00:00
fonts/Xg Add NetBSD RCS Ids. 1998-08-07 13:27:33 +00:00
games Fix alignment problems on arm32. 1998-12-14 14:43:10 +00:00
graphics Add CONFLICTS to the previous version. 1998-12-20 15:09:30 +00:00
japanese Initial import of new japanese category, and it's very first pkg, 1998-10-28 18:12:10 +00:00
lang make this conflict with jdk-1.1.5b1 1998-12-17 21:45:13 +00:00
mail Use wildcard CONFLICTS to clean up. 1998-12-20 14:21:12 +00:00
math Re-enable on alpha 1998-12-18 00:42:39 +00:00
mbone Use -O2, not -O6. 1998-11-24 16:32:06 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update DEPENDS on glimpse to 4.1. 1998-12-03 12:41:57 +00:00
misc Re-enable on alpha 1998-12-18 00:42:39 +00:00
mk Add "${MUTT_INTERNATIONAL}". 1998-12-12 17:45:36 +00:00
net Update "ORBit" package to version 0.3.90. 1998-12-19 12:31:46 +00:00
news Add missing rcs ids. 1998-10-31 23:06:31 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
parallel Update this package to clusterit-1.2. 1998-12-14 18:38:00 +00:00
pkgtools Bump version of PKGNAME to 1.67 to indicate that there are changes since 1998-11-26 14:23:47 +00:00
plan9 pkglint: move NOT_FOR_ARCHS where it belongs. 1998-11-13 01:35:55 +00:00
print Use new version 1.3 of the hp8xx package, which also supports 1998-11-29 16:34:27 +00:00
security Re-enable on alpha 1998-12-18 00:42:39 +00:00
shells Use WRKSRC definition to keep pkglint happy. 1998-11-13 12:31:15 +00:00
sysutils In the utils.c patch, avoid pulling in the compat sys_nerr; use the 1998-12-03 20:02:53 +00:00
templates Packages.txt moved. 1998-08-23 01:32:19 +00:00
textproc fix tyop 1998-12-06 16:45:17 +00:00
www Update to beta 3. Adds "Z SQL Methods" and "Gadfly Z Database Adaptor". 1998-12-18 00:39:02 +00:00
x11 Remove from here. Already exists in graphics. 1998-12-20 14:19:39 +00:00
Makefile Enable new japanese category, and document addition of category, and 1998-10-28 18:16:50 +00:00
Packages.txt Document how to import new packages. 1998-12-19 20:35:47 +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.