On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> Go grab ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc.tar.gz, mv it to
> /usr, and tar xzf it. You'll then have the pkgsrc tree (no actual
> source, but a lot of make files). To install something out of it, just
> find the software in that tree you want, su, (umask 022 would be a
> good idea), and make install.

Actually you can type make && make install, and you will only need to be
root for the actual install step. That way you end up owning the work
files rather than root. :-)


Take care,

Bill