PKGPATH.CONF(5)

🎀 NAME 🎀

Okay so this is the manual for pkgpath.conf — literally the file that defines where your package utilities live, bestie. It's the pkgpath.conf(5) page, and yes, it's a File Formats Manual moment. The vibe? paths for package utilities. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The /etc/pkgpath.conf file is where you define the paths to different package utilities — and it includes pkg_admin(1) and pkg_info(1) in particular. Those iconic little tools, fr fr. 🫶

These definitions get used by maintenance scripts, such as daily(5), so they are lowkey important. No cap. 💅

You can alter these definitions when you're using package utilities from pkgsrc(7) instead of the default ones supplied by NetBSD. That's the whole point: swap in the pkgsrc paths when that's your setup. 🦋

📁 FILES 📁

• /etc/pkgpath.conf — the paths used by package utilities. That's the main character file, periodt. 👑

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• pkg_admin(1)
• pkg_info(1)
• daily(5)
• security.conf(5)

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

The /etc/pkgpath.conf file first appeared in NetBSD 7.0. Iconic debut, honestly. 🎀

Cute little sign-off: this page's source/version is Debian, dated July 13, 2020, and the manual is PKGPATH.CONF(5) — periodt. 💖