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authorMarco S Hyman <marc@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-10-20 17:44:00 +0000
committerMarco S Hyman <marc@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-10-20 17:44:00 +0000
commit56e79d792027ad11b5328179e148f2ceb41fa613 (patch)
tree751337472584f9b3dc8f46982b924d158120cab7
parent23da1a214900322c4bf528ceb067fe482432f42f (diff)
add note about ssh/pgp from ftp only;
add (at least) for Theo. Mention that the package files are on the same CD-ROM as the OS installation files for an architecture
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/packages40
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/packages b/distrib/notes/packages
index 527faf01e4b..3c8bec119a6 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/packages
+++ b/distrib/notes/packages
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ If you purchased the OpenBSD CD-ROM you already have several popular
``packages'', the ``ports'' collection, and some of the ``ports''
source file releases.
+ NOTE: Some important packages which are not permitted on the CD (due to
+ patents) are available on our FTP servers. In particular, we
+ provide the USA and international versions of both SSH and PGP.
+ The filenames are:
+ ssh-usa-1.2.26.tgz ssh-intl-1.2.26.tgz
+ pgp-usa-2.6.3.tgz pgp-intl-2.6.3.tgz
+
+ You are STRONGLY urged to install one of the above ssh packages and
+ use ssh instead of telnet, rlogin, or rsh. See below for
+ instructions on installing packages using ftp.
+
Instructions for installing applications from the various sources using
the different installation methods follow. If emacs is to be installed
it should be installed first as it creates the ``info'' directory file
@@ -26,13 +37,14 @@ Installing applications from the CD-ROM package collection:
The OpenBSD CD-ROM ships with several applications pre-built
for various hardware architectures. The number of applications
- vary according to available disk space. Check the packages
- directory on CD-ROM number 2 to see what packages are actually
- available for your hardware architecture.
+ vary according to available disk space. Check the directory
+ OSREV/packages/MACHINE to see which packages are available for
+ your hardware architecture. That directory will be on the same
+ CD-ROM containing the OS installation files for your architecture.
To install one or more of these packages you must
1) become the superuser (root)
- 2) mount CD-ROM number 2
+ 2) mount the appropriage CD-ROM
3) use the ``pkg_add'' command to install the software
Example (in which we use su(1) to get superuser privileges, thus
@@ -42,24 +54,19 @@ Installing applications from the CD-ROM package collection:
Password: <enter your root password>
# mkdir -p /cdrom
# mount /dev/cd0a /cdrom
- # pkg_add /cdrom/packages/<arch>/<package-name>
+ {:-#-:} pkg_add /cdrom/OSREV/packages/MACHINE/<package-name>
# <add more packages if desired>
# umount /cdrom
- Your hardware architecture can be determined by issuing
- the command ``arch''. The response will be something like
- ``OpenBSD.sparc''. ``sparc'' is the architecture.
-
Package names are usually the application name and version
with .tgz appended, e.g. emacs-20.3.tgz
Installing applications from the ftp.openbsd.org package collection:
- All packages have been placed on ftp.openbsd.org in the directory
- pub/OpenBSD/OSREV/packages/<arch>/ where <arch> is the supported
- hardware architecture. You may want to peruse the directory for
- your architecture to see what packages are available. The packages
- are also on the OpenBSD FTP mirror sites. See
+ All available packages for your architecture have been placed on
+ ftp.openbsd.org in the directory pub/OpenBSD/OSREV/packages/MACHINE/
+ You may want to peruse this to see what packages are available. The
+ packages are also on the OpenBSD FTP mirror sites. See
http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ Installing applications from the ftp.openbsd.org package collection:
RSAREF, a legal requirement for use within the United States due
to patent issues.
- Packages available {:-include-:}:
+ Packages available {:-include-:} (at least):
ImageMagick-4.0.6.tgz mpeg_lib-1.2.1.tgz
Xaw3d-1.3.tgz netpipes-4.1.1-export.tgz
@@ -114,7 +121,8 @@ Installing applications from the ftp.openbsd.org package collection:
mm-2.7.tgz
Note: these packages may not exist for all architectures; other
- packages may be added.
+ packages may be added. Some packages are only available via
+ ftp.
Installing applications from the CD-ROM ports collection: