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jtb e34a4dcca7 Initial import of ratfor:
Preprocessor for the Ratfor dialect of Fortran
2001-02-10 04:36:52 +00:00
archivers Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
audio Update to mad-0.12.4b. Changes from 0.12.3b are: 2001-02-09 13:12:23 +00:00
benchmarks Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
biology Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
cad -include a ton of missing header files for 64 bit machines. there remain 2001-02-09 11:29:36 +00:00
chat fix gale user comment 2001-02-08 23:13:16 +00:00
comms Update MASTER_SITES and HOMEPAGE to new locations. 2001-02-07 16:15:53 +00:00
converters Make this build without root permissions. Fixes Luke's PR 11893. 2001-01-11 10:56:33 +00:00
cross Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
databases Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
devel Initial import of ratfor: 2001-02-10 04:36:52 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Update to 0.4h, and some internal restructuring. 2001-02-10 00:07:40 +00:00
emulators add and enable compat14, netbsd32_compat14 and netbsd32_compat15 2001-02-08 13:34:55 +00:00
finance Update to 1.4.10. Changes: Updated translations, support for Greek Drachma 2001-01-31 17:12:38 +00:00
fonts typo. BUILD_DEPEND -> BUILD_DEPENDS 2001-02-01 21:55:07 +00:00
games Update crafty to 18.2. Changes from version 18.1 include: 2001-02-08 17:23:46 +00:00
graphics Add and enable ncview. 2001-02-09 23:42:27 +00:00
ham Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
japanese Fix some mismatch of configuration file's pathname. 2001-02-09 00:06:37 +00:00
lang Fix typo 2001-02-09 17:59:46 +00:00
licenses Add jdk licence to the licenses/ directory, so that "make show-license" 2001-02-09 15:03:06 +00:00
mail Really do last change! Note to self: actually do the compile to check the 2001-02-10 03:36:42 +00:00
math Add and enable tochnog 2001-02-10 04:31:30 +00:00
mbone Fix a few more paste-o's. 2001-02-07 05:16:39 +00:00
meta-pkgs Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
misc Avoid the use of the `host' program to determine the fully qualified host 2001-02-08 14:01:59 +00:00
mk Document CCLIENT_MBOX_FMT, used in imap-uw to set the default format used 2001-02-09 16:21:37 +00:00
net Use NetBSD's curses if possible. Fix based on an idea by Julian Coleman. 2001-02-08 13:46:04 +00:00
news Update "inn" package to version 2.3.1. Changes since version 2.2.3: 2001-02-08 16:23:06 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Add automatic ${VARIABLE} handling for MESSAGE files. 2001-01-29 11:34:21 +00:00
pkgtools add man/cat1/pkgvi.0 2001-02-08 09:35:35 +00:00
print Update cups to 1.1.6.2nb1. Changes from version 1.1.6.1 include: 2001-02-08 19:05:00 +00:00
security add missing ELF symlinks. fixes recently noted packaging problems 2001-02-08 22:01:31 +00:00
shells Update HOMEPAGE. 2001-01-11 20:01:33 +00:00
sysutils Enable `tits'. 2001-02-09 14:26:52 +00:00
templates It's pkg_add(1), not pkg_add(8). 2001-01-24 04:12:58 +00:00
textproc Add and enable isearch. 2001-02-06 22:11:20 +00:00
time Unify format of MESSAGEs, and include RCS Ids. 2001-02-06 14:24:03 +00:00
wm Fix a few more paste-o's. 2001-02-07 05:16:39 +00:00
www Make LYNX_SCREEN_LIB=curses build again on NetBSD-1.4.3 and older. 2001-02-09 18:10:10 +00:00
x11 Correct version number: we are at 3.28 not 3.28nb1. 2001-02-08 16:44:12 +00:00
Makefile Move lots of packages to new time category; fix links; add time subcategory 2000-12-17 23:40:53 +00:00
Packages.txt Add more text for developers explaining importing packages. 2001-02-09 14:48:39 +00:00
pkglocate fix to really exit if glimpse is not installed 2000-04-11 16:59:17 +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.