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Old 18th June 2010
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Default [Beginner] Things to do after a successful installation

Hi, I'm a newbie in NetBSD though I know to use GNU/Linux well enough.

After the basics installation I logged in as "root" and I would like to install
some basics interface to navigate and obtain wiki resource to learn about
BSD systems.

I've tried to install vim with
Code:
pkg_add ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/5.0.2_2010Q1/All/vim-7.2.411.tgz
but the system respond as a failed installation.

The network interface is working cause I obtain replies from google.

Can someone guide me in the after-installation setups??
Or address me some compact wiki/tutorial in use pkg_src tools??

Thanks in advance
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Old 18th June 2010
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I'm not a NetBSD user, so don't rely on what I say.

Try pinging the FTP server. And use the -v (verbose) pkg_add(1) option.

You probably should keep the guide handy.
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Can someone guide me in the after-installation setups??

man afterboot


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Or address me some compact wiki/tutorial in use pkg_src tools??
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/using.html#using-pkg
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1st thing, you should create user account and add it to wheel and operator group.
Login into user account with
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su
and add all needed apps.

Don't install apps into root account.

I'm sure you know all above...
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Thanks!!!

I'll do all the attempts (and failures) on virtualbox as soon as possible
before planning a real installation on a physical machine.

Bye
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Old 11th July 2010
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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 (OpenBSD uses the "-r" parameter to fetch packages off the mirrors).
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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

Code:
.;/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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Old 12th July 2010
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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 (OpenBSD uses the "-r" parameter to fetch packages off the mirrors).
I think the pkg_add -r is for FreeBSD. In OpenBSD you set your PKG_PATH variable
From 15.2.2 of the OpenBSD FAQ
Quote:
$ export PKG_PATH=ftp://your.ftp.mirror/pub/OpenBSD/4.7/packages/`machine -a`/
For NetBSD:
Quote:
5.15. Installing additional software
Using packages from pkgsrc

If you wish to install any of the software freely available for UNIX-like systems you are strongly advised to first check the NetBSD package system, pkgsrc. pkgsrc automatically handles any changes necessary to make the software run on NetBSD. This includes the retrieval and installation of any other packages on which the software may depend.

*

See the list of available packages
*

Precompiled binaries are available on the NetBSD FTP server for some ports. To install them the PKG_PATH variable needs to be adjusted in the following way (under the sh(1) shell):

# export PKG_PATH="http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/<PORT>/<RELEASE-NUMBER>/All"
# export PKG_PATH

Where <RELEASE-NUMBER> needs to be replaced by the release number of an existing NetBSD release (for example, 5.0). <PORT> needs to be replaced by the Port name for the used architecture (for example, amd64)

Applications can now be installed by the superuser root with the pkg_add command:

# pkg_add -v perl
# pkg_add -v apache
# pkg_add -v firefox
# pkg_add -v kde
The NetBSD quote was taken directly from the NetBSD handbook. It is dated and in the interim NetBSD packages have migrated to nyftp.NetBSD.org per ldOp post

Last edited by shep; 12th July 2010 at 12:37 PM. Reason: correct NetBSD package site
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What I did after install...
chmod +w .profile

then uncomment the PKG_PATH variable and change the first ftp to http
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