pkgsrc is a framework for building over 25,000 open source software packages. It is the native package manager on SmartOS, NetBSD, and Minix, and is portable across 23 different operating systems. Use one package manager across all of your systems!
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Packages are built on the latest stable version of NetBSD/amd64 (currently 10.0) from pkgsrc trunk and updated every few days. Note some important differences to other NetBSD package repositories:
/usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_add will refuse to install
any unsigned packages (configured with VERIFIED_INSTALLATION=always set in
/usr/pkg/etc/pkg_install.conf).
CHECK_OSABI and CHECK_OS_VERSION are set to no,
improving compatibility of the packages across minor releases of NetBSD-current.
PKG_OPTIONS have been
enabled by default to make packages as useful as possible.
The aim is to provide a repository that, for most users, will just work out of the box. If you have any requests for changes, please raise an issue here.
#
# Copy and paste the lines below to install the NetBSD/amd64 set.
#
BOOTSTRAP_TAR="bootstrap-netbsd-trunk-x86_64-20230918.tar.gz"
BOOTSTRAP_SHA="493161aa5dd4c91c99e77187fa9fc3498fd2560b"
# Download the bootstrap kit to the current directory.
ftp https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/packages/NetBSD/bootstrap/${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}
# Verify the SHA1 checksum.
echo "${BOOTSTRAP_SHA} ${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}" | sha1 -c
# Verify PGP signature. This step is optional, and requires gpg.
#ftp https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/packages/NetBSD/bootstrap/${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}.asc
#ftp -Vo - https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/pgp/C72658C9.asc | gpg2 --import
#gpg2 --verify ${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}.asc ${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}
#
# Remove any existing packages. Note also that the bootstrap kit will
# install its own copies of the security/mozilla-rootcerts certificates
# into the /etc/openssl/certs/ directory.
#
rm -rf /usr/pkg /var/db/pkg /var/db/pkgin
# Install bootstrap kit to /usr/pkg
tar -zxpf ${BOOTSTRAP_TAR} -C /
# Add to PATH if necessary.
PATH=/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:$PATH#
# Copy and paste the lines below to upgrade to the latest bootstrap. This
# will overwrite the following files:
#
# /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf
# /usr/pkg/etc/pkg_install.conf
# /usr/pkg/etc/pkgin/repositories.conf
# /usr/pkg/etc/gnupg/pkgsrc.gpg
#
UPGRADE_TAR="bootstrap-netbsd-trunk-x86_64-20230918-upgrade.tar.gz"
UPGRADE_SHA="2af0899b2c77b59703b85a9c3ef52d31a84d2e41"
# Download the upgrade kit to the current directory.
ftp https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/packages/NetBSD/bootstrap-upgrade/${UPGRADE_TAR}
# Verify the SHA1 checksum.
echo "${UPGRADE_SHA} ${UPGRADE_TAR}" | sha1 -c
# Verify PGP signature. This step is optional, and requires gpg.
#ftp https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/packages/NetBSD/bootstrap-upgrade/${UPGRADE_TAR}.asc
#ftp -Vo - https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/pgp/C72658C9.asc | gpg2 --import
#gpg2 --verify ${UPGRADE_TAR}.asc ${UPGRADE_TAR}
# Unpack upgrade kit to /usr/pkg
tar -zxpf ${UPGRADE_TAR} -C /
# Ensure you are running the latest package tools.
pkg_add -U pkg_install pkgin libarchive
# Clean out any old packages signed with the previous key.
pkgin clean
# Upgrade all packages.
pkgin -y upgradeNow that you're ready to go, here are some common commands you may want to run.
pkgin is the front-end to the binary packages, and lets you search for, install, upgrade, and remove packages. It also provides some basic functionality for querying both local and remote packages. If you have used apt-get or yum you should find it to be very familiar.
The underlying packaging tools are pkg_add, pkg_admin, pkg_create, pkg_delete, and pkg_info. If pkgin is equivalent to apt-get or yum, then these are the equivalent of dpkg or rpm. Here are some useful commands to get you started.
: Refresh the pkgin database with the latest version
$ sudo pkgin -y update
: Search for a package. Regular expressions are supported.
$ pkgin search ^ffmpeg[0-9]$
ffmpeg4-4.1.1 Decoding, encoding and streaming software (v4.x)
ffmpeg3-3.4.5 Decoding, encoding and streaming software (v3.x)
ffmpeg2-2.8.14 Decoding, encoding and streaming software (v2.x)
ffmpeg1-1.2.12 Decoding, encoding and streaming software (v1.x)
: Install a package without prompting
$ sudo pkgin -y install ffmpeg4
: List all available packages
$ pkgin avail
: Upgrade all installed packages
$ sudo pkgin -y upgrade
: Remove a package
$ sudo pkgin -y remove ffmpeg4
: Automatically remove orphaned dependencies
$ sudo pkgin -y autoremove: List installed packages.
$ pkg_info
: Query which package a file belongs to.
$ pkg_info -Fe /usr/pkg/bin/ffmpeg4
ffmpeg4-4.1.1
: List the contents of a package.
$ pkg_info -qL ffmpeg4
/usr/pkg/bin/ffmpeg4
/usr/pkg/bin/ffprobe4
[...]
: Perform an audit of all currently installed packages.
$ sudo pkg_admin fetch-pkg-vulnerabilities
$ pkg_admin audit
Package npm-6.9.0 has a denial-of-service vulnerability, see https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3721
Package nodejs-8.12.0 has a denial-of-service vulnerability, see https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7651
Package nodejs-8.12.0 has a http-response-splitting vulnerability, see https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12116
Package nodejs-8.12.0 has a spoofing vulnerability, see https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12123
[...]
: Create a binary package from some metadata files and package directory.
$ pkg_create -B build-info -c comment -d description -f packlist -I /usr/pkg -p files/ -U foo-1.0.tgz