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    1: **Contents**
    2: 
    3: [[!toc levels=2]]
    4: 
    5: #What is pkgsrc
    6: 
    7: Pkgsrc [spoken: package source] is the main package management framework for NetBSD. With pkgsrc you can easily add, remove and manage software on your system. Pkgsrc is basically a set of files, grouped by categories which contain information to install the software you have selected. All this files together are mostly referred as the pkgsrc tree. This tree is maintained by the pkgsrc developers, that make changes to it every day. Therefore it is necessary to update the pkgsrc tree regularly.
    8: 
    9: #Requirements
   10: 
   11: The pkgsrc source tree, which contains all the files, will need a minimum of 200 MB disk space.
   12: 
   13: #Preparing pkgsrc
   14: 
   15: ##Creating the pkgsrc directory
   16: 
   17: This is a matter of taste, but most people create the directory in /usr/pkgsrc/
   18: 
   19:     # mkdir /usr/pkgsrc
   20: 
   21: Change owner of pkgsrc to a user, so you can update later it with user rights.
   22: 
   23:     # chown john pkgsrc
   24: 
   25: ##Obtaining the current pkgsrc source tree
   26: 
   27: There are many ways to get the pkgsrc tree. For example via ftp, cvs, sup or cvsup. My recommended way is to use csup, a leightweight cvsup protocol client written in C. But, before we can use csup we have to install it first, which in turn needs pkgsrc aswell. Therefore we will use for csup a precompiled binary package, instead of doing the work twice.
   28: 
   29:     # ftp ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/5.0/All/csup-20070216.tgz
   30: 
   31: and then installing it with
   32: 
   33:     # pkg_add csup-20070216.tgz
   34: 
   35: csup needs one configuration file, the supfile, which contains the information to sync what from which server to where. Please create a file called pkgsrc-supfile in your home directory which contains:
   36: 
   37:     *default tag=.
   38:     *default release=cvs
   39:     *default delete use-rel-suffix
   40:     *default umask=002
   41:     *default host=cvsup.se.netbsd.org
   42:     *default base=/home/john
   43:     *default prefix=/usr
   44: 
   45:     netbsd-pkgsrc
   46: 
   47: **base** points to your home directory and **prefix** to the directory, where the repo goes.
   48: 
   49: To get and to keep your pkgsrc tree in sync, just run:
   50: 
   51:     $ csup pkgsrc-supfile
   52: 
   53: To update regularly, say once a day, use [[cron]].
   54: 
   55: ##Creating WRKOBJDIR
   56: 
   57: To keep the tree clean and your work directories out of it, define WRKOBJDIR in /etc/mk.conf and add:
   58: 
   59:     WRKOBJDIR=/usr/work
   60: 
   61: and then create that directory.
   62: 
   63:     # mkdir /usr/work
   64: 
   65: ##Creating DISTDIR
   66: 
   67: We also want our distfiles to be stored, outside of the pkgsrc directory. Therefore we add the DISTDIR variable to /etc/mk.conf
   68: 
   69:     DISTDIR=/usr/distfiles
   70: 
   71: and create it with:
   72: 
   73:     # mkdir /usr/distfiles
   74: 
   75: #Installing packages
   76: 
   77: To install packages, we need to become root.
   78: 
   79:     $ su 
   80: 
   81: then we change to the directory (category) and then to the package we want to install.
   82: 
   83:     # cd /usr/pkgsrc/misc/figlet
   84: 
   85: to install we enter
   86: 
   87:     # make install
   88: 
   89: afterwards we clean up and enter
   90: 
   91:     # make clean
   92: 
   93: if this was a package with dependencies, we also enter
   94: 
   95:     # make clean-depends
   96: 
   97: You can put them all in one line too.
   98: 
   99:     # make install clean clean-depends
  100: 
  101: If you wish to clean the distfiles, the files that have been downloaded, you enter
  102: 
  103:     # make distclean
  104: 
  105: #List Packages
  106: 
  107:     $ pkg_info
  108: 
  109: #Removing Packages
  110: 
  111:     # pkg_delete packagename
  112: 
  113: #Updating Packages
  114: 
  115: You can update a single package using make update.
  116: 
  117:     # make update
  118: 
  119: #Rolling Replace
  120: 
  121: pkgtools/pkg_rolling-replace is a very nice programm to update all outdated packages on your system.
  122: 
  123: That's it. Have fun.
  124: 
  125: Since the framework is complex, there are millions of other options.
  126: 
  127: #On-line help
  128: 
  129: Besides [The pkgsrc Guide](http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/) there is also a built-in on-line help system.
  130: 
  131:     # make help
  132: 
  133: gives you the usage information. This requires you to already know the name of the target or variable you want more info on (just like man does).
  134: 
  135: Most targets and variable names are documented, but not all are.
  136: See also
  137: 
  138: * [[How to use pkgsrc mounted over NFS]]
  139: * [[How to use pkgsrc on AIX]]
  140: * [[How to use pkgsrc on A/UX]]
  141: * [[How to use pkgsrc on IRIX]]
  142: * [[How to use pkgsrc on Linux]]
  143: * [[How] to use pkgsrc on Mac OS X]
  144: * [[How to use pkgsrc on OSF1]]
  145: * [[How to use pkgsrc on Solaris]]