[talk] NetBSD beginner's question: Why is it so difficult to install packages?

[Sevan Janiyan]

On 23/08/2019 23:50, James E Keenan wrote:
> What am I missing?

1) Install 8.1 not 8.0. Even better, daily 8_STABLE are available at
http://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-8/latest/
2) You can omit the -version suffix of a package name, e.g use pkg_add perl
3) When you have finished the install, choose "Enable installation of
binary packages" in the configuration menu
https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/install-images/inst-conf-menu.png
That will install pkgin, then use pkgin to install your desired
packages. See the bottom of http://pkgin.net for usage examples.


Sevan