DaemonForums  

Go Back   DaemonForums > NetBSD > NetBSD Package System (pkgsrc)

NetBSD Package System (pkgsrc) Installation and upgrading of packages on NetBSD.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   (View Single Post)  
Old 12th October 2009
shep shep is offline
Real Name: Scott
Arp Constable
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Dry and Dusty
Posts: 1,503
Default pkgsrc-2009Q3

I struggled yesterday trying to install binary packages into my first working NetBSD install. I would try to install xfce4 as a meta-pkg and it would hang up after installing one or two packages. Edit: I was having the same problem as described elsewhere in this forum


Today I saw that pkgsrc-2009Q3 was out and I wonder if that somehow affected the availabilty of packages that I was trying to install (pkgsrc-2009Q2)? I reinstalled NetBSD 5.0.1 i386 today.

My goal is a light weight desktop that supports auto-generated application menus using freedesktop standards.

With that background my questions are:

1) Did the generation of pkgsrc-2009Q3 affect the availability of pkgsrc-2009Q2 binaries or was there possibly some other reason that net installs of binary packages did not work well?

2) Would the group recommend waiting for pkgsrc-2009Q3 binaries to become available (how long typically?) or start trying to grind them out from source. I'm not in a hurry to get the system built and am more concerned about getting a stable machine.

3) Any desktop suggestions? I like lxde (openbox + lxpanel) but I could not find lxpanel, fbpanel or pypanel in the packages lists? The lighter the better as long as I do not have to manually edit menu entries.

Last edited by shep; 12th October 2009 at 02:21 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #2   (View Single Post)  
Old 12th October 2009
Tom Tom is offline
Port Guard
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Poland
Posts: 22
Default

1) It shouldn't affect and probably didn't.

2) New pkgsrc branch wasn't officially announced, however it's available on ftp to download, so it can take some time. If you are really not in hurry you can go with building packages from pkgsrc tree. At least i would go that way .

3) fbpanel and pypanel are available, but in wip.
http://pkgsrc.se/ - very good package browser.

From my experience i cannot recommend anything "light" for desktop. Some time ago I used fluxbox, but now I stick with Gnome. It's much more comfortable, at least for me .

Best Regards,
Tom
Reply With Quote
  #3   (View Single Post)  
Old 13th October 2009
shep shep is offline
Real Name: Scott
Arp Constable
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Dry and Dusty
Posts: 1,503
Default

I decided to install from source as 2009Q2 packages do not seem to load as of Oct 12, 2009.

Thanks for the link for the package browser although it was not very comforting to see that the last update to fbpanel was October 2007 and pypanel has not been touched since 2005.

I know for a fact that fbpanel 4.12 needs a patch to prevent duplicate menu entries.
openbsd fbpanel
I was the one who submitted the report to the maintainer who promptly resigned ownership.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
pkgsrc pkg_add problems not connecting Mr-Biscuit NetBSD Package System (pkgsrc) 30 14th June 2009 11:28 AM
pkgsrc on OpenBSD Oko OpenBSD Packages and Ports 3 22nd December 2008 06:51 PM
In search of: NetBSD and pkgsrc maintainer for open source projects mdh NetBSD Package System (pkgsrc) 0 16th October 2008 12:42 AM
NetBSD 4.0 upgrade and pkgsrc fenrisW0lf NetBSD Installation and Upgrading 3 19th June 2008 09:39 PM
pkgsrc build time excessive! JMJ_coder NetBSD Package System (pkgsrc) 3 18th June 2008 08:41 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:54 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content copyright © 2007-2010, the authors
Daemon image copyright ©1988, Marshall Kirk McKusick