Russell Gadd [Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:33:22PM +] wrote:
> I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to find
> packages.
>
> For example I have tried to install the xfce window manager, and at first I
> looked at the list of files in the packages list and there were a lot o
On Jan 7, 2008 4:33 PM, Russell Gadd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to find
> packages.
>
> For example I have tried to install the xfce window manager, and at
> first I looked at the list of files in the packages list and there were
> a l
On 1/7/08, L. V. Lammert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/`uname -a | cut -d" " -f
> 3`/packages/`uname -a | cut -d" " -f 5`/
> alias pkg_find="echo ls | ftp -a $PKG_PATH | sed 's/.*\ //g' | grep -i "
uname -m and uname -r would be a lot simpler.
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:33:22PM +, Russell Gadd wrote:
[...]
> I realise that for such a package there would be some parts which were
> optional, so needed to be separated out, but I thought there must be a
> more reliable way to determine which files to include.
>
> Is there a better w
s.$today
echo
"---"
>> ~/localpkgdi
r/pkg_details.$today
echo >> ~/localpkgdir/pkg_details.$today
echo >> ~/localpkgdir/pkg_details.$today
done
thx.
-BG
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On 2008/01/07 15:33, Russell Gadd wrote:
> I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to find
> packages.
I don't think there is one "correct" way - you can use the ports tree
as a browser. If you know SQL, you can install sqlite, sqlports (and
maybe a graphical query editor li
OpenBSD doesn't contain metapackages. There's no single package that
installs all of XFCE for you. Install the necessary components and
applications from the x11/xfce4 category. (http://ports.openbsd.nu/x11/xfce4)
Here's a "tutorial" on bsdforums that will help by detailing what to install
to obtai
On January 7, 2008 09:33:22 am Russell Gadd wrote:
> I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to find
> packages.
>
> For example I have tried to install the xfce window manager, and at
> first I looked at the list of files in the packages list and there were
> a lot of files w
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:33:22PM +, Russell Gadd wrote:
> I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to find
> packages.
>
> For example I have tried to install the xfce window manager, and at first I
> looked at the list of files in the packages list and there were a lot
On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:33:22 +, Russell Gadd wrote
> I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to
> find packages.
>
> For example I have tried to install the xfce window manager... and at
> first I looked at the list of files in the packages list and there
> were a lot
At 03:33 PM 1/7/2008 +, Russell Gadd wrote:
I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to find
packages.
For example I have tried to install the xfce window manager, and at first
I looked at the list of files in the packages list and there were a lot of
files with xfce
Russell Gadd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to find
> packages.
The best way is to set the PKG_PATH variable to something sensible
such as the relevant release and architecture's packages directory at
your closest mirror, then use pkg_a
I am new to OpenBSD and I am not sure what is the correct way to find
packages.
For example I have tried to install the xfce window manager, and at
first I looked at the list of files in the packages list and there were
a lot of files with xfce in the name / description. I looked for one
whic
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