OS X is Modified BSD. We Can Use NetBSD Package Manager on OS X for Package Management Just Like We Use Homebrew or Fink or Even apt on OS X. We have previously published guides on install apt on OS X, Homebrew on OS X and this time – NetBSD Package Manager on OS X.
Understanding NetBSD Package Manager on OS X
As like Homebrew, we need to install/update Xcode Command Line Tools first. There are projects on installing and upgrading the package manager on OS X :
1 2 3 4 5 | http://www.saveosx.org https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/platforms.html#darwin https://github.com/jsonn/pkgsrc http://pkgsrc.joyent.com/install-on-osx/ https://github.com/jdwhite/pkgsrc-darwin/tree/master |
We can use OS X as genuine root user or as admin.
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Using NetBSD Package Manager on OS X
We need to fetch pkgsrc.tar.xz from :
1 | ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.xz |
Extract as root:
1 | tar -C /usr --xz -xf pkgsrc.tar.xz |
Bootstrap in this way :
1 2 | cd /usr/pkgsrc/bootstrap ./bootstrap --compiler=clang --abi=64 --pkgdbdir=/usr/pkg/pkgdb --varbase /usr/pkg/var |
We need to add /usr/pkg/bin and /usr/pkg/sbin in PATH shell variable :
1 | export PATH=$PATH:~/pkg/bin:~/pkg/sbin |
You will get more hints on this github project :
1 | https://github.com/jdwhite/pkgsrc-darwin/tree/master |
NetBSD Package Manager is not so widely used like Homebrew on OS X, yet it is a different package manager which you can test and use.
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