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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: README,v 1.8 1998/09/01 11:03:23 agc Exp $ +$NetBSD: README,v 1.9 2000/01/14 10:32:35 abs Exp $ Welcome to the NetBSD Packages Collection ========================================= @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ 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". +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". +deinstall" while in the directory for the package. + To find out all the packages that you have installed on your system, type "pkg_info". @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ type "pkg_info". 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 @@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ 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". +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>". @@ -71,5 +75,17 @@ To see what binary packages are available, see: 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, is the default /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 in this directory. +Packages.txt where you found this README, or in your top-level pkgsrc +directory. |