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By Abhishek Ghosh April 19, 2015 9:09 am Updated on April 19, 2015

Using NetBSD Package Manager on OS X

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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 :

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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

 

Using NetBSD Package Manager on OS X

 

We need to fetch pkgsrc.tar.xz from :

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ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.xz

Extract as root:

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tar -C /usr --xz -xf pkgsrc.tar.xz

Bootstrap in this way :

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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 :

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export PATH=$PATH:~/pkg/bin:~/pkg/sbin

You will get more hints on this github project :

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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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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Using NetBSD Package Manager on OS X," in The Customize Windows, April 19, 2015, January 18, 2021, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2015/04/using-netbsd-package-manager-on-os-x/.

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