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-Motivation
+Index
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OpenBSD is a fairly complete system of its own, but still there is a lot
of software that one might want see added. However there is the problem
on where to draw the line as to what to include, as well as the occasional
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using
pkg_info(1).
-Getting packages
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A large collection of pre-compiled packages is available for most common
architectures.
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# pkg_add ${PKG_PATH}gimp-1.2.1.tgz
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The 2.7 release saw the introduction of a stable branch for the ports tree.
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and a bug-fixed package.
-Managing installed packages
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The packages(7)
manual page holds useful information about ways to manage
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This is slightly inconvenient, as packages may trigger dependencies, and
you may have to remove a large subset of packages for an update.
-Using ports
+
If a given package does not exist for your architecture, you may still
be able to compile the port. Besides, some users will want to compile
@@ -151,7 +166,7 @@
Further information is available in the
ports(7) man page.
-Life cycle of the ports tree
+
The ports tree, like the rest of OpenBSD, is constantly changing.
@@ -198,19 +213,19 @@
web interface.
-
Ports and XFree
-There is some special magic in the OpenBSD XFree configuration files
+
+There is some special magic in the OpenBSD XFree86 configuration files
that allows the ports tree to install imake-based applications under
/usr/local.
-As of 2.9, OpenBSD ships with XFree 4.0.3.
-If you are using a previous distribution, together with XFree binaries
-from the XFree project, you may need to apply the patch in
+
As of 2.9, OpenBSD ships with XFree86 4.0.3.
+If you are using a previous distribution, together with XFree86 binaries
+from the XFree86 project, you may need to apply the patch in
/usr/ports/infrastructure/patches/patch-xfree-4.0
-to a default binary XFree 4.0.x distribution for it to work with the OpenBSD
+to a default binary XFree86 4.0.x distribution for it to work with the OpenBSD
ports tree.
-
Example use of the Ports tree
+Example Use of the Ports Tree
Let's say you managed to get a ports tree and you want to compile and
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If you wish to have the distfiles, you will have to get them through an
independent way.
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Creating new ports
+
If you are interested in helping to expand the OpenBSD ports tree
you should first read porting.html.
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FreeBSD Porter's Handbook
as well as OpenBSD specific policies and hints.
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Problems and contacts
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If you have trouble with existing ports, or need information about creating new ports,
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www@openbsd.org
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$OpenBSD: ports.html,v 1.52 2001/07/02 22:02:37 brad Exp $
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$OpenBSD: ports.html,v 1.53 2001/07/27 23:42:52 naddy Exp $