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Fighting with NetBSD installig packages
There is a video explaining how to install NetBSD 8.0. I followed that video, and theres is something I couldn't find in docs about NetBSD. Installing Bash and using pkgin inside it enables to install packages that in other way can't be installed.
In turn, when I tried to install xf86-input-vmware, xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-video-vmware... these packages are not in the repository at all. Looking for the net I found theses packages in an ftp site of SmartOS, that uses NetBSD packages. I downloaded these packages, I have installed video-vmware and input-vmmouse using pkg_add -f program_name.tgz. The package xf86-input-keyboard gives an error that "keyring" not found, and can't be installed. The question is, why, if the video shows how install those packages directly by using pkgin install program_name, those packages don't exist anymore in NetBSD repositories. Using pkgsrc and make install clean gives an unrecoverable error about randrproto>1.6.0 is needed. I hope NetBSD will update repositories, because it is very difficult to work this OS with. Does anybody I help with this? Thanks |
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NetBSD is complex and understaffed. There are actually 2 versions of Xorg: Monolithic and Modular.
Monolithic comes with the installer and is installed if you selected the x* install sets during install. xf86-input-keyboard is included with the Monolithic install. I do not know about the vmware packages but you may get a sense if there is a vmware man page with the default install. Modular is an option for those who wish to build their own Xorg. Also, there are 2 paths to packages: 1. Pre-built binary packages which are installed by pkgin or pkg_add. 2. Build your own packages from pkgsrc. https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en...ap-boot-pkgsrc |
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Hello, and welcome
Hope you installed 8.1 though, since that's the latest formal release version, and 8.1 includes some important security fixes which haven't been backported to 8.0 Quote:
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pkgin represents no more than a wrapper and an abstraction layer around the pkg_install suite, providing more features and a a modern UI, but also a higher degree of complexity. Another nice pkg_install wrapper is nih, which follows a totally different approach . That said, pkgsrc is pretty much oriented towards compiling from source (I'm under the impression this sort of usage is implicitely encouraged and recommended in most scenarios), either natively using make, by cross-compiling through build.sh, or by relying on pkg_comp, which is a suite to automate package builds in a sandboxed env....as you can see, there's plenty of choice Quote:
Again, stressing shep's words, while pkgsrc also provides a modular (=split in the classical separate packages) version of Xorg, that is only meant for users who intend to tweak configure options, need the latest libraries and drivers available, or seek a very minimal X installation for embedded use; to sum up, modular Xorg is likely not what you're looking for. xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-video-vmware can be both found in the monolithic X included in base, check out official sources at xsrc/external/mit Quote:
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Have you binary packages for xf86-input-keyboard?
Thank you...
At this time I have NetBSD 8.0 installed... but the question is how can I fix the error randrproto>1.6.0 needed, because of thera is no way found it in the net. The documents I've seen say that xorgproto replaces randrproto, OK... but that thing does not fix the problem. I would like to see a binary package for xf86-input-keybord. |
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NetBSD 8.1 installed, but...
Hello...
I've installed NetBSD 8.1, then installed Xorg, graphics server works, including keyboard and mouse. But after that I chose to install kde4 from /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkg... The case is that "make install clean" is running by two day or more now, but it is running an endless cycle. If I stop building by Ctrl-C and look into "packages" directory, there is nothing kde4 related there. I think, it is a lot of time to build a package. Last edited by ocicat; 4th August 2019 at 06:13 PM. Reason: Added missing [/quote] tag. |
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NetBSD is overwhelmed with pkgsrc and the more complex your install, the more likely it is to break.
My stretegy is to scan what binaries the project is able to build. http://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/pac...amd64/8.1/All/ If you browse the above link you will not find the KDE4 meta - it did not build on NetBSD's own build machines. LXDE, Mate and Xfce4 have meta packages. If you try LXDE, a caution, you will have to export the XDG variable in order to start it. https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd...msg019993.html For Xfce4, you can find some guides with a web search. I posted in one and was able to use the Xfce4 meta package if one package was initially loaded. Not sure if this still holds https://slice2.com/2016/01/30/howto-...p-on-netbsd-7/ If your really want KDE4, you are either going to have to wait or troubleshoot it yourself.. Last edited by shep; 5th August 2019 at 01:30 AM. |
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