Re: newbie pkg question

["Georges Heinesch" <geohei-ml%geohei.lu@localhost>]

Quoting John Klos (03-Mar-01 18:35:55):

>> I would like to install the window manager Enlightenment on my
>> NetBSD/amiga 1.5 system. The NetBSD page shows multiple packages
>> which have to be installed already on the system. Do I need to
>> install all of those manually before even thinking of installing
>> Enlightenment, or is there some kind of automated installation
>> feature within NetBSD or/and pkg to do this job?

> pkg_add and the pkgsrc tree both recursively add dependencies
> automatically. It's a sysadmin's dream.

> Do the pkg_add, and sit back and watch...

Till now, I did the following:

    make fetch-list | sh
    make
    make install

What's the difference to your pkg_add way of doing it?

pkg_add(1) says:
a utility for installing software package distribution

TIA

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