Re: pkg_add -r ? pkgsrc ? Howto install packages ??

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dmitri Nikulin wrote:
> On 7/4/06, Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > today i decided to give DragonflyBSD another try.
> > I installed from dfly-1.4.4_REL.iso w/o problems.
> > I then tried to install bash with
> >
> > # pkg_add -r bash
> >
> > and received an error about "-r" being illegal.
> >
> > However,
> >
> > http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~justin/handbook/packages-using.html
> >
> > suggests using pkg_add -r.
> >
> > man(1) pkg_add does not mention "-r". To make things more puzzling, it
> > suggests fetching packages from
> >
> > ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/2.0/i386/All
> >
> > So, what's the best way to install packages for DragonFly?
>
> This is an ancient artifact from the FreeBSD packaging system which
> DragonFly used until 1.4.0. pkgsrc is a lot more maintainable,
> especially with regards to portability across multiple platforms, and
> generally not being a ridiculous pain for the administrator (no
> seriously, no automated package build system should have interactive
> prompts).
>
> And you should definitely not be fetching packages for NetBSD 2.0!
> Here's the correct URL base:
>
> ftp://packages.stura.uni-rostock.de/pkgsrc-current/DragonFly/RELEASE/i386/All/ 
>
>
> It's on the Download page if you want to find it again. To use it with
> NetBSD's/pkgsrc's excellent package tools:
>
> # setenv PKG_PATH
> ftp://packages.stura.uni-rostock.de/pkgsrc-current/DragonFly/RELEASE/i386/All 
>
> # pkg_add -v vim
>
> (csh style - adjust environment variables for your shell)
>
> Unset PKG_PATH when using pkgsrc to build packages.
>
> More advanced magic, like automated package updating, is documented
> elsewhere. Meanwhile this will get you the software you want with no
> more effort than the FreeBSD style, except that you do have to know
> the base URL of the package tree you're using. Save it in your
> ~/.cshrc as an alias, if you like...
>
> ---
> Dmitri Nikulin
>
> Centre for Synchrotron Science
> Monash University
> Victoria 3800, Australia
>
> email: dnikulin@xxxxxxxxx


Thanks to all who replied. I have successfully installed bash now.
I should have noticed that the DragonFly Handbook is of August 2004 :-)

--Heinrich