.\" $NetBSD: pkgsrc.7,v 1.6 2010/03/23 16:04:45 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation .\" by Thomas Klausner. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS .\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED .\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR .\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS .\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR .\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF .\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS .\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN .\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd March 2, 2007 .Dt PKGSRC 7 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pkgsrc .Nd NetBSD packages collection (framework for third-party software) .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nx Packages Collection (pkgsrc) is a framework for building and maintaining third-party software on .Nx and other .Ux Ns -like systems. It is used to enable freely available software to be configured and built easily on supported platforms. .Pp Tools are available to install ready-to-use packages and to perform various administrative tasks for the package system. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pkg_add 1 , .Xr pkg_delete 1 , .Xr pkg_info 1 .Rs .%A Alistair Crooks .%A Hubert Feyrer .%A The pkgsrc developers .%T The pkgsrc guide, .%T Documentation on the NetBSD packages system .%U http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/ .Re |