1.\" $NetBSD: pkgsrc.7,v 1.1.1.1 2008/09/30 19:00:27 joerg Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Thomas Klausner. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd March 2, 2007 31.Dt PKGSRC 7 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm pkgsrc 35.Nd NetBSD packages collection (framework for third-party software) 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37The 38.Nx 39Packages Collection (pkgsrc) is a framework for building and 40maintaining third-party software on 41.Nx 42and other 43.Ux Ns -like 44systems. 45It is used to enable freely available software to be configured 46and built easily on supported platforms. 47.Pp 48Tools are available to install ready-to-use packages and to perform 49various administrative tasks for the package system. 50.Sh SEE ALSO 51.Xr pkg_add 1 , 52.Xr pkg_delete 1 , 53.Xr pkg_info 1 , 54.Pa http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/ 55