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author | grant <grant@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-06-23 07:48:01 +0000 |
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committer | grant <grant@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-06-23 07:48:01 +0000 |
commit | 70cfc4ff4b0c45b66adc52fee3d2e9062fe11758 (patch) | |
tree | f0e37c4286ea4f4866c6212be8ae1bcde0564187 | |
parent | 1c480293dde95a231de4e796d6d8b7e6de3a20b7 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-70cfc4ff4b0c45b66adc52fee3d2e9062fe11758.tar.gz |
the full documentation has more up-to-date information than the
README, deprecate it, too.
-rw-r--r-- | Packages.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | README | 97 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 88 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index a1b07a5e1d9..2bf21db989d 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: Packages.txt,v 1.296 2003/06/23 07:41:45 grant Exp $ +$NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.297 2003/06/23 07:48:01 grant Exp $ The pkgsrc documentation now lives on the NetBSD web site. @@ -1,92 +1,15 @@ -$NetBSD: README,v 1.15 2003/05/06 17:40:18 jmmv Exp $ +$NetBSD: README,v 1.16 2003/06/23 07:48:01 grant Exp $ -Welcome to the NetBSD Packages Collection -========================================= +The pkgsrc documentation now lives on the NetBSD web site. -In brief, the NetBSD Packages Collection is a set of software -utilities and libraries which have been ported to NetBSD. +Full documentation, one file per chapter: + http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/ -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. +Full documentation in a single file: + http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.html -The packages collection is made into a tar_file every week: +Full documentation in a single plain-text file: + http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.txt - 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/bsd.pkg.defaults.mk gives -the defaults which are used in pkgsrc. This file can be used as a -guide to set values in /etc/mk.conf - it is only necessary to set -values where they differ from the defaults. - -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 directory. +pkgsrc.txt and pkgsrc.html are also provided in the top level pkgsrc +directory (this directory). |