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As complete as your OpenBSD system is, you may want to add any of several
excellent third party software applications.  There are several ways to do
this.  You can:

1) Obtain the source code and build the application based
   upon whatever installation procedures are provided with the
   application.

2) Use the OpenBSD ``ports'' collection to automatically get any
   needed source file, apply any required patches, create the
   application, and install it for you.

3) Use the OpenBSD ``package'' collection to grab a pre-compiled
   and tested version of the application for your hardware.

If you purchased the OpenBSD CD-ROM you already have several popular
``packages'', and the ``ports'' collection.

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
that may be modified by other applications.

You should also refer to the packages(7) manual page.

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 directory
	OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH 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 the appropriate CD-ROM
	3) use the ``pkg_add'' command to install the software

	Example (in which we use su(1) to get superuser privileges, thus
	you have to be in group "wheel", see the manual page for su(1)).

    $ su
    Password: <enter your root password>
    # mkdir -p /cdrom
    # mount /dev/cd0a /cdrom
    {:-#-:} pkg_add /cdrom/OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH/<package-name>
    # <add more packages if desired>
    # umount /cdrom
	
	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 available packages for your architecture have been placed on
	ftp.openbsd.org in the directory pub/OpenBSD/OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH/
	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

	for a list of current ftp mirror sites.

	Installation of a package is very easy.
	1) become the superuser (root)
	2) use the ``pkg_add'' command to install the software

	``pkg_add'' is smart enough to know how to download the software
	from the OpenBSD ftp server.  Example:

    $ su
    Password: <enter your root password>
    {:-#-:} pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/{:--:}OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH/emacs-20.3.tgz

	Packages available {:-include-:} (at least):

		ImageMagick-4.2.0.tgz		m4-1.4.tgz
		Xaw3d-1.3.tgz			mm-2.7.tgz
		aalib-1.2.tgz			mpeg_lib-1.2.1.tgz
		afm-1.0.tgz			mpeg_play-2.4.tgz
		autoconf-2.13.tgz		netpbm-19940301.tgz
		bash-2.03.tgz			netpipes-4.1.1-export.tgz
		bison-1.25.tgz			nmh-1.0.tgz
		bzip2-0.9.0c.tgz		pgp-2.6.3-intl.tgz
		compface-1.0.tgz		pgp-2.6.3-usa.tgz
		cucipop-1.31.tgz		pine-4.10.tgz
		dejagnu-1.3.tgz			png-1.0.3.tgz
		egcs-1.1.2.tgz			psutils-1.17-a4.tgz
		emacs-20.3.tgz			psutils-1.17-letter.tgz
		enscript-1.6.1.tgz		screen-3.7.6.tgz
		ethereal-0.5.1.tgz		sharutils-4.2.tgz
		expect-5.28.tgz			sniffit-0.3.5.tgz
		fetchmail-4.7.9.tgz		freetype-1.2.tgz		
		gettext-0.10.35.tgz		tar-1.12.tgz
		ghostscript-5.10.tgz		tcl-8.0.5.tgz
		gimp-1.1.4.tgz			tcsh-6.08.00.tgz
		glib-1.2.1.tgz			teTeX-0.4.tgz
		glimpse-4.1.tgz			tiff-3.4.tgz
		gmake-3.77.tgz			tk-8.0.5.tgz
		gnuplot-3.7.tgz			transfig-3.2.1.tgz
		gtk+-1.2.1.tgz			unzip-5.40.tgz
		gv-3.5.8.tgz			viewfax-2.3.tgz
		id-utils-3.2.tgz		wget-1.5.3.tgz
		idled-1.16.tgz			xcolors-1.3.tgz
		iozone-2.01.tgz			xfig-3.2.2.tgz
		ircii-2.8.2-epic3.004.tgz	xntp3-5.93e-export.tgz
		ispell-3.1.20.tgz		xpaint-2.5.5.tgz
		jove-4.16.tgz			xpdf-0.80.tgz
		jpeg-6b.tgz			xphoon-91.9.18.tgz
		lesstif-0.88.0.tgz		xspread-2.1.tgz
		libslang-1.2.2.tgz		xv-3.10a.tgz

	Note: these packages may not exist for all architectures; other
	packages may be added.  Some packages are only available via
	ftp.

Installing applications from the CD-ROM ports collection:

	The CD-ROM ``ports'' collection is a set of Makefiles, patches,
	and other files used to control the building and installation
	of an application from source files.  

	Creating an application from sources can require a lot of
	disk space, sometimes 50 megabytes or more.  The first step is
	to determine which of your disks has enough room.  Once you've
	made this determination read the file README.ports on CD-ROM 2
	to see how to copy or mount the ports directory.

	To build an application you must:

	1) become the superuser (root)
	2) have network access, or obtain the actual source files by
	   some other means.
	3) cd to the ports directory containing the port you wish
	   to build.  To build samba, for example, where you'd
	   previously copied the ports files into the /usr/ports
	   directory: cd /usr/ports/net/samba
	4) make
	5) make install
	6) make clean

Installing applications from the OpenBSD ports collection:

	See http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html for current instructions
	on obtaining and installing OpenBSD ports.

	You should also refer to the ports(7) manual page.

Installing other applications:

	If an OpenBSD package or port does not exist for an application
	you're pretty much on your own.  The first thing to do is ask
	ports@openbsd.org if anyone is working on a port -- there may
	be one in progress.  If no luck there you may try the FreeBSD
	ports or NetBSD package collection.  If you are on an i386 based
	machine it is quite possible that the FreeBSD port, if one exists,
	will work for you.

	If you can't find an existing port try to make your own and
	feed it back to OpenBSD.  That's how our ports collection grows.
	Some details can be found at http://www.openbsd.org/porting.html
	with more help coming from the mailing list, ports@openbsd.org.