Re: pkgsrc vs. binary packages

[ficovh Valladolid <ficovh%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi

Has you tried pkgin http://pkgin.net/  ?

The website include the necessary documentation for setting pkgin for using
binary packages.

Best Regards.



On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Neal Hogan <nealhogan%gmail.com@localhost> 
wrote:

> On 10/13/11, Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > Neal Hogan <nealhogan%gmail.com@localhost> writes:
> >
> >> I have a  basic 5.1, i386 install and want to have a browser that has
> >> flash 10 capabilities (ch 10 of the netbsd documentation). I can
> >> install midori, xfce4, and vim no prob via remote binary (i.e.,
> >> pkg_add -v xyz). It seems that nspluginwrapper is not a binary pkg, so
> >> I attempt to install it via pkgsrc but there is a dependency
> >> discrepancy (i.e., the version of, say, python, that pkgsrc wants for
> >> nspluginwrapper is not the version that has been installed as a
> >> dependency of another pkg install . . . again, the only other packages
> >> that I've installed is vim, xfce4, and midori).
> >>
> >> Is there an issue with keeping versions of pkgsrc-packages and binary
> >> packages consistent? That is, why am I encountering dependency
> >> discrepancies between packages?
> >
> > Two points:
> >
> >   many things are available via source but not binary packages because
> >   they are non-Free, but the distfiles are available from upstream
> >
> >   you can mix/match compiling and binary packages, but you must take
> >   care that they are from the same version of pkgsrc
> >
> >
> > So, what I would recommend that you do is:
> >
> >   find a set of packages from a bulk build that you want to use
> >
> >   figure out which stable branch they are built from
> >
> >   get the sources from that same branch
> >
> >
>
> OK . . . I appreciate the response, but things are still odd. I get
> the idea to stay within a certain build and branch and version and etc
> . . . I just finished a clean install (i.e., started over)  of an
> i386.5.1 set and attempted to install midori (i.e., the first package)
> via bianry from
> PKG_PATH="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/5.1/i386/All"; and I
> get
>
>  ". . . Can't install dependency gtk2+=2.22.1nb1
>  . . . Can't install dependency gnome-themes-[0-9]*
> . . .1 package addition failed"
>
> Note that this is a clean install and the first package install (attempt).
>
> What am I missing? I'm frustrated b'cause the docs seem so straight
> forward . . . set a path and pkg_add or d'load a stable pkgsrc and
> install that way.  . . but both ways have failed me.
>
> I'm going off of the main mirror and I'd like nothing better than to
> have a *BSD system that can play flash for my 4 yr old (PBS.org is
> flash based *at this point*).
>
> Why can I not install a basic 5.1 NetBSD system and install 5.1
> packages from the main mirror?
>
> I appreciate your patience and help (and criticism/"fun-making")
>
> -Neal
>
> > So if you use:
> >
> >   ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/5.1_2011Q2/All/
> >
> > then
> >
> >   cvs up -r pkgsrc-2011Q2
> >
> > and then the version that pkgsrc sources say you should have will match
> > the binary versions you have installed.
> >
> >
> > You may decide that you want to have newer versions of some things but
> > not update everything.  That can sort of work, but it really doesn't in
> > general.  So my advice is to either
> >
> >   stick with the tag for the binaries you are using (easier, less up to
> > date)
> >
> > or
> >
> >   build everything from source (harder, more up to date)
> >
>



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