this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead

pkgsrc on Slackware Linux 

http://pbraun.nethence.com/doc/sysutils_linux/slackware.html 

http://pbraun.nethence.com/doc/sysutils_linux/slackware_pkgsrc.html 

http://pbraun.nethence.com/doc/sysutils_linux/slackware_slackinst.html 

(FR) http://pbraun.nethence.com/doc/sysutils_linux/slackware_dedibox.html 

http://pbraun.nethence.com/doc/sysutils_bsd/pkgsrc.html 

http://pbraun.nethence.com/doc/sysutils_linux/slackware_pkgsrc.html 

Preparation 

We used to have a list the required minimum packages to run pkgsrc, but we gave up on it. Simply make sure you've got the, 

A

AP

D

L

N

sets mandatory (ADD) and recommended (REC) packages installed. 

Note. to install mandatory and recommended packages from a whole set or several sets you can use the installset.ksh script, 

mkdir -p ~/bin

cd ~/bin

wget http://pbraun.nethence.com/code/sysutils/slack/searchpkg.ksh

wget http://pbraun.nethence.com/code/sysutils/slack/installpkg.ksh

wget http://pbraun.nethence.com/code/sysutils/slack/installset.ksh

chmod +x checkpkg.ksh

chmod +x installpkg.ksh

chmod +x installset.ksh

Bootstrapping pkgsrc 

Get pkgsrc-current (http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html ==> bottom right link) and extract it, 

cd /usr

wget ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.gz

#rm -rf /usr/pkgsrc

tar xzf pkgsrc.tar.gz

We need to fix bmake compilation settings so it uses uname -m, not uname -p, 

cd /usr/pkgsrc/devel/bmake

files=`grep -r 'uname -p' * | grep -v ChangeLog | cut -f1 -d: | uniq`

for file in $files; do

[[ -f $file.dist ]] || cp $file $file.dist

sed 's/uname -p/uname -m/g' $file.dist > $file

done

grep -r 'uname -p' * | grep -v ChangeLog

Boostrap pkgsrc, 

cd /usr/pkgsrc/bootstrap

#rm -rf work

# note. this may take a while,

./bootstrap

Adapt your environment, 

cd ~/

vi .bashrc

add, 

PATH=$PATH:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin

MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/pkg/man

apply, 

source .bashrc

Pkgsrc configuration 

Eventually update the vulnerability list and audit the packages regulary, 

cd /etc/cron.daily

cat > auditpkg <<EOF9

#!/bin/ksh

/usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_admin fetch-pkg-vulnerabilities >/dev/null 2>&1

/usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_admin audit

EOF9

chmod +x auditpkg

do it once for testing, 

ls -l /var/db/pkg/pkg-vulnerabilities

./auditpkg

ls -l /var/db/pkg/pkg-vulnerabilities

Configure pkgsrc, 

cd /etc

ln -s /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf

ln -s /usr/pkg/etc/pkg_install.conf

  ln -s /usr/pkg/etc/audit-packages.conf

vi mk.conf

add/adapt those variables accordinly, 

MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE=freefr.dl.sourceforge.net \

        ovh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge \

        heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ \

        belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/

USA_RESIDENT=NO

PASSIVE_FETCH=YES

#not on slackware PKG_RCD_SCRIPTS=YES 

#ALLOW_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES=YES

#ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+=pine-license

#ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+=lame-license

#ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+=majordomo-license

#X11BASE=/usr/pkg/X11R6

also define your prefered mirror for daily vulnerability list download, 

# note. new file,

vi audit-packages.conf

like e.g., 

VUL_SOURCE="ftp: //ftp.fr.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/distfiles/pkg-vulnerabilities"

Ready to go 

You can now use pkgsrc on Slackware Linux e.g., 

export PATH=/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:$PATH

cd /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/pwgen

bmake package

pkg_info

ls -l /usr/pkgsrc/packages/All

cd ~/

source ~/.bashrc

note the 'b' for NetBSD make. 

note. putting /usr/pkg/{bin,sbin} at the beginning of the path before starting 

note. putting /usr/pkg/{bin,sbin} back at the end of the path once finished 

References 

http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html 

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/