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authorrillig <rillig>2006-07-23 15:34:10 +0000
committerrillig <rillig>2006-07-23 15:34:10 +0000
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Shortened the description of where to find binary packages.
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-<!-- $NetBSD: using.xml,v 1.19 2006/04/18 12:56:53 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: using.xml,v 1.20 2006/07/23 15:34:10 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="using"> <?dbhtml filename="using.html"?>
<title>Using pkgsrc</title>
@@ -45,30 +45,22 @@
where to get them. You can get them on CD-ROMs, DVDs, or via FTP
or HTTP.</para>
- <para>For NetBSD, the binary packages are made available on
- <filename>ftp.NetBSD.org</filename> and its mirrors, in the
- directory
- <filename>/pub/NetBSD/packages/<replaceable>OSVERSION</replaceable>/<replaceable>ARCH</replaceable>/</filename>.
- For <replaceable>OSVERSION</replaceable>, you should insert the
- output of <command>uname -r</command>, and for
- <replaceable>ARCH</replaceable> the output of <command>uname
- -p</command>.</para>
-
- <para>For some other platforms, binary packages can be found at
- the following locations:</para>
+ <para>The binary packages can be found at the following
+ locations.</para>
<informaltable id="binary-packages">
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead><row><entry>Platform</entry><entry>URL</entry></row></thead>
<tbody>
+ <row><entry>NetBSD</entry><entry><filename>ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/</filename></entry></row>
<row><entry>Solaris 9</entry><entry><filename>ftp://ftp0.mh.bbc.co.uk/pub/pkgsrc/packages/</filename></entry></row>
<row><entry>Solaris 10</entry><entry><filename>http://public.enst.fr/pkgsrc/packages/</filename></entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
- <para>Most of these directories contain the pkgsrc distribution
- for multiple platforms. Select the appropriate subdirectories,
+ <para>Most of these directories contain binary packages for
+ multiple platforms. Select the appropriate subdirectories,
according to your machine architecture and operating system,
until you find a directory called <filename>All</filename>. This
directory contains all the binary packages. Further, there are