> > *Many* thanks for your guidance, it is *greatly* appreciated!
> >
>
> you're welcome!
>
> i know of the struggles installing packages on 'little' machines as i
> did a bunch of work on an Amiga 1200 w/68040 turboboard ;)
[look of *almost* disbelief] w00000t? Darn, I thought my little project
was...errrr...challenging :)

> nevertheless, reading manuals is more than recommended -- but to make
> your life easier, there's pkgsrc. keep that in mind, and you're halfway
> there...

Well that's (usually) why it takes me so long to get stuff working. I
read way too much and take a lot of (too much) time thinking stuff
through. Colleagues have often said; "just download, ./configure, make
[etc] and figure out the problems only when you see the problematic
output" I dunno, there's redeeming features in both approaches I think.

One of the largest initial problems was grabbing a pkgsrc that was
commensurately dated with my 1.6.1 cobalt port. A newer pkgsrc would
_not_ install. I had to use:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.1/source/sets/
which seemed to have stuff that was at the right version level for this
port....or at least kernel sources and a pkgsrc that *would* install.

> btw: altho the last few weeks showed (at least to me?) a partly
> out-of-dated pkgsrc-wip, there's a site where you can find apps which
> didn't made it to pkgsrc yet:
>
> http://pkgsrc.netbsd.se
>
> that's wip - work in progress
>
This is bigtime help indeed, I have the feeling I'm gonna be visiting
them quite a lot in the near future.

Once again, *many* thanks for the guidance and remarks. Both greatly
appreciated! :-)

-Colin