This page covers installing your own pkgsrc tree, e.g. on Accelerators that came originally with the Blastwave package template (i.e. all binaries under /opt/csw).

A searchable FreshPorts-like package browser is at pkgsrc.se. You can use this site to easily search through the thousands of packages available. It may a good idea to use this tool to check whether the packages you’ll need are available to you, before going ahead and installing pkgsrc on your Accelerator.

• pkgsrc relies on gcc and a few other tools.
• Take a few moments to read through the documentation if you’re new to pkgsrc.

First, be sure you’re running as root:

su -
[enter root password]

Or, if you’re setup with sudo:

sudo su - 

Make sure your path starts with this (Blastwave stuff can follow):

/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/ccs/bin

Download the latest stable (e.g. pkgsrc-2007Q4) from ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/, e.g.:

cd /opt && wget ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/pkgsrc-2007Q4/pkgsrc-2007Q4.tar.bz2

Unpack to /opt/pkgsrc:

cd /opt && gtar -xjf pkgsrc-2007Q4.tar.bz2 && rm pkgsrc-2007Q4.tar.bz2

Bootstrap (this will take a while):

/opt/pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap --prefix=/opt/local CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/bin/bash WRAPPER_SHELL=/usr/bin/bash

Remove dead *.hu-berlin.de” mirror from /opt/pkgsrc/mk/fetch/sites.mk:

gsed -i"" '/informatik\.hu-berlin/d' /opt/pkgsrc/mk/fetch/sites.mk

Run security audit first time:

/opt/local/sbin/download-vulnerability-list >/dev/null 2>&1

Create a Cron job for it:

0 3 * * * /opt/local/sbin/download-vulnerability-list >/dev/null 2>&1

Add these to /opt/local/etc/mk.conf (good bits):

CONFIG_SHELL=           /usr/bin/bash
WRAPPER_SHELL=          /usr/bin/bash
PKG_OPTIONS.ruby=       ruby-build-ri-db
PKG_OPTIONS.apache=     suexec
PKG_OPTIONS.apr-util=   db4
PKG_OPTIONS.postfix=    pcre sasl tls
PKG_OPTIONS.openssl=    idea rc5
PKG_OPTIONS.proftpd=    tls

Define CVS env:

CVSROOT="anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot"
CVS_RSH="ssh"
export CVSROOT CVS_RSH

Build CVS (optional, you can also use the version supplied via Blastwave for now):

cd /opt/pkgsrc/devel/scmcvs && bmake install && bmake clean

After the initial installation, boot

To update the directory tree of packages available for you to build:

cd /opt/pkgsrc && cvs -q up -dP

Updating the package list may take several minutes: if you prefer to see what’s being updated, omit the -q flag.

Examine the reference documentation, and you should be all set to start building the software for your stack. Use the web-basedpkgsrc package browser to help find your way around the package directory tree.

Next part, the gotchas:

• PKGSRC- known package issues

• PKGSRC on your Accelerator

Pkgsrc also provides you with several tools to manage the packages that you’ve installed. From time to time, you’ll want to check to see whether you have the latest version installed.

To see a full list of packages installed:

pkg_info -a

To see information about a particular package:

pkg_info PACKAGENAME

Review the manpages for pkg_info for a full list of flags and options available.

To check for out-of-date packages, you’ll first want to install the lintpkgsrc package. To install:

cd /opt/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkglint/ && bmake install

Then to check what’s out of date:

root# lintpkgsrc -i
Scan Makefiles: 6988 packages                              
Version mismatch: 'ImageMagick' 6.3.5.10 vs 6.3.6.1
Version mismatch: 'apr' 0.9.16.2.0.61 vs 1.2.12,0.9.17.2.0.63
Version mismatch: 'apr-util' 1.2.8nb1 vs 1.2.10
Version mismatch: 'asciidoc' 8.1.0nb2 vs 8.2.5nb1
Version mismatch: 'bootstrap-mk-files' 20070810 vs 20071104
Version mismatch: 'curl' 7.17.0 vs 7.17.1
Version mismatch: 'gawk' 3.1.5nb1 vs 3.1.6
Version mismatch: 'gettext' 0.14.6 vs 0.14.6nb1

After each install, working files are left behind. You can either execute bmake clean or bmake clean-depends after each compilation.

If you have remants throughout the package tree, you can use the pkgclean tool, installable as follows:

cd /opt/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkgclean/ && bmake install