- Pkgsrc
pkgsrc ("package source") is a
package management system forUnix-like operating system s. It was forked from theFreeBSD ports collection in 1997 as the primary package management system forNetBSD . Since then it has evolved independently: in 1999, support for Solaris was added, later followed by support for otheroperating system s. From release 1.4 onwards, DragonFly BSD uses pkgsrc as its official packaging system. [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2005-08/msg00347.html] SeveralLinux distribution s also incorporate pkgsrc, including Voltalinux, [http://voltalinux.sicurezzarete.com/] Draco GNU/Linux, [http://www.dracolinux.org/] and Bluewall GNU/Linux. [http://bluewall.es.gnu.org/]pkgsrc can be used either with
command-line tools to install, remove and otherwise manipulate prebuilt binary packages, or to build packages from source where additional build options may be provided or features enabled or disabled.pkgsrc currently contains over 7400 packages (over 8000 including work-in-progress packages maintained outside the official tree) and includes most popular
open source software . It now supports around 14 operating systems, including AIX, variousBSD derivatives,HP-UX ,IRIX ,Linux ,Mac OS X , Solaris, andQNX .External links
* [http://www.pkgsrc.org/ Official website]
* [http://pkgsrc.se/ A web interface for pkgsrc]
* [http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/ pkgsrc-wip] – a project to get more people actively involved with pkgsrc
* [http://www.stindustries.org.uk/pkgsrc-wip/index.html pkgsrc-wip statistics]
* [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/ pkgsrcCon: An annual conference focusing on pkgsrc]
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