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author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-10-21 11:57:11 +0000 |
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committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-10-21 11:57:11 +0000 |
commit | 8711fc9d43a3e9c530cf91577b92b2f53b9a0d52 (patch) | |
tree | a9a64c52e85e3d2037b76ae9e23fb1256f56ab33 /doc/guide | |
parent | 5ed17d804fa2393f907b433393504f39a78cdadd (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/getting.xml b/doc/guide/files/getting.xml index 94d2bb2851c..fe59d5e8425 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/getting.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/getting.xml @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: getting.xml,v 1.13 2006/09/25 09:45:31 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: getting.xml,v 1.14 2006/10/21 11:57:11 rillig Exp $ --> <chapter id="getting"> <title>Where to get pkgsrc and how to keep it up-to-date</title> - <para>The most common location where pkgsrc is installed is - <filename>/usr/pkgsrc</filename> for the <quote>package - sources</quote> and <filename>/usr/pkg</filename> for the - installed binary packages. You are though free to install the - sources and binary packages wherever you want in your - filesystem, provided that both paths do not contain white-space - or other characters that are interpreted specially by the shell - and some other programs. A safe bet is to use only letters, - digits, underscores and dashes in the names.</para> +<para>Before you download and extract the files, you need to decide +where you want to extract them. When using pkgsrc as root user, pkgsrc +is usually installed in <filename>/usr/pkgsrc</filename>. You are though +free to install the sources and binary packages wherever you want in +your filesystem, provided that the pathname does not contain white-space +or other characters that are interpreted specially by the shell and some +other programs. A safe bet is to use only letters, digits, underscores +and dashes.</para> <sect1 id="getting-first"> <title>Getting pkgsrc for the first time</title> |