The pkgsrc user's guide

Table of Contents

2. Where to get pkgsrc

2.1. As tar file

2.2. Via SUP

2.3. Via CVS

3. Using pkgsrc on systems other than NetBSD

3.1. Bootstrapping pkgsrc

3.2. Platform specific notes

3.2.1. Darwin (Mac OS X)

3.2.2. FreeBSD

3.2.3. Interix

3.2.4. IRIX

3.2.5. OpenBSD

3.2.6. Solaris

4. Using pkgsrc

4.1. Working with binary packages

4.1.1. Where to get binary packages

4.1.2. How to use binary packages

4.1.3. A word of warning

4.2. Building packages from source

4.2.1. Requirements

4.2.2. Fetching distfiles

4.2.3. How to build and install

4.2.4. Selecting the compiler

5. Creating binary packages

5.1. Building a single binary package

5.2. Settings for creation of binary packages

5.3. Doing a bulk build of all packages

5.3.1. Configuration

5.3.2. Other environmental considerations

5.3.3. Operation

5.3.4. What it does

5.3.5. Disk space requirements

5.3.6. Setting up a sandbox for chroot'ed builds

5.3.7. Building a partial set of packages

5.4. Creating a multiple CD-ROM packages collection

5.4.1. Example of cdpack

6. Frequently Asked Questions

6.1. Is there a mailing list for pkg-related discussion?

6.2. Where's the pkgviews documentation?

6.3. Utilities for package management (pkgtools)

6.4. How to use pkgsrc as non-root

6.5. How can I install/use XFree86 from pkgsrc?

6.6. How can I install/use X.org from pkgsrc?

6.7. How to fetch files from behind a firewall

6.8. How do I tell make fetch to do passive FTP?

6.9. How to fetch all distfiles at once

6.10. What does “Don't know how to make /usr/share/tmac/tmac.andoc” mean?

6.11. What does “Could not find bsd.own.mk” mean?

6.12. Using 'sudo' with pkgsrc

6.13. Configuration files handling and placement

6.14. Automated security checks