PKGSRC(7)

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💅 PKGSRC(7) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to pkgsrc — the NetBSD packages collection, aka the framework for third-party software. this is the <pink>pkgsrc(7)</pink> page from the Miscellaneous Information Manual and honestly? it's iconic. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pkgsrc — NetBSD packages collection (framework for third-party software)

like, that's the whole vibe: it's the packages collection, and it's a framework. for third-party software. periodt 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the NetBSD Packages Collection — everyone calls it pkgsrc — is a framework for building and maintaining third-party software on NetBSD and other Unix-like systems. yes bestie, it's not just a NetBSD thing, it travels 🌈

the whole point? it's used to enable freely available software to be configured and built easily on supported platforms. like, that's the entire slay. you get free software, you get it configured, you get it built, easily, on platforms that are supported. ate and left no crumbs 🔥

and there's more — tools are available to install ready-to-use packages and to perform various administrative tasks for the package system. so it's not just build vibes, it's also install vibes and admin vibes. main character energy all around 👑

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

go read these, fr fr:

  • pkg_add(1)
  • pkg_delete(1)
  • pkg_info(1)

also, the credits section, because we give flowers where flowers are due 💐:

ngl, the pkgsrc guide is the actual lore drop. if you wanna go deeper, that's the link. iykyk 🧚

🎀 cute little sign-off 🎀

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this one's dated March 2, 2007 and it comes to us from the Debian corner of the manual world. a little vintage, a lot iconic, and honestly still giving what it needs to give 💖✨

now go build something. slay 💅🌸

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