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Old 11th July 2010
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Originally Posted by fbsduser View Post
From last time I installed a NetBSD (version 5.0 IIRC) I remember that with NetBSD you need to download all the packages manually with the ftp command and then install them with pkg_add
That is one option, but you don't have to do it that way, and probalby most people don't. NetBSD's pkg_add(1) can fetch the packages remotely using either FTP or HTTP, and it can also get them from a local filesystem. Just set the PKG_PATH variable appropriately;, e.g., mine is

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.;/mnt/samsung/usr/local/src/NetBSD/5.0/packages;ftp://nyftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/5.0/All
(That being said, I'm on dial-up, so I rarely use pkg_add to fetch remote stuff anymore.)
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