installing "extra" packages nowadays?

installing "extra" packages nowadays?

[Jens Staal]

Dear all,

last time I played around with 9front there was a "pkg" package manager to
install extras. I see some packages listed under 9front.org/extra but no
instruction on gettng/installing them.

Just hget and extract or is there a package manager of some kind?

Re: [9front] installing "extra" packages nowadays?

[Stanley Lieber]

On Aug 25, 2018, at 2:47 AM, Jens Staal <staal1978@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> last time I played around with 9front there was a "pkg" package manager to
> install extras. I see some packages listed under 9front.org/extra but no
> instruction on gettng/installing them.
> 
> Just hget and extract or is there a package manager of some kind?

pkg(1) was deprecated, though utility is still available under extra/ and the pkg files are still
available in their original location.

Those tarballs under extra/ are source files.

sl

Re: [9front] installing "extra" packages nowadays?

[Jens Staal]

On Saturday, 25 August 2018 17.28.56 CEST you wrote:
> pkg(1) was deprecated, though utility is still available under extra/ and
> the pkg files are still available in their original location.
> 
> Those tarballs under extra/ are source files.

Thanks for the info! Then I will install from source from extra. My first 
experiment that I would like to try is to build an up-to-date pdcurses against 
sdl1 (as alternative to fgb's old pdcurses port).

Is there also a procedure to contribute source tarballs to extra?

Re: [9front] installing "extra" packages nowadays?

[Stanley Lieber]

> On Aug 25, 2018, at 1:07 PM, Jens Staal <staal1978@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Is there also a procedure to contribute source tarballs to extra?

If you post about it here I will add it. I usually try to save a copy of anything that looks useful.

sl

Re: [9front] installing "extra" packages nowadays?

[Ori Bernstein]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 11:28:56 -0400, Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com> wrote:

> On Aug 25, 2018, at 2:47 AM, Jens Staal <staal1978@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > last time I played around with 9front there was a "pkg" package manager to
> > install extras. I see some packages listed under 9front.org/extra but no
> > instruction on gettng/installing them.
> > 
> > Just hget and extract or is there a package manager of some kind?
> 
> pkg(1) was deprecated, though utility is still available under extra/ and the pkg files are still
> available in their original location.
> 
> Those tarballs under extra/ are source files.
> 
> sl
> 

There is also mveety's ports, if you're looking for alternatives:

https://bitbucket.org/mveety/9front-ports

-- 
    Ori Bernstein

Re: [9front] installing "extra" packages nowadays?

[Sean Hinchee]

On 08/25/2018 09:14 PM, Ori Bernstein wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 11:28:56 -0400, Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 25, 2018, at 2:47 AM, Jens Staal <staal1978@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> last time I played around with 9front there was a "pkg" package manager to
>>> install extras. I see some packages listed under 9front.org/extra but no
>>> instruction on gettng/installing them.
>>>
>>> Just hget and extract or is there a package manager of some kind?
>>
>> pkg(1) was deprecated, though utility is still available under extra/ and the pkg files are still
>> available in their original location.
>>
>> Those tarballs under extra/ are source files.
>>
>> sl
>>
> 
> There is also mveety's ports, if you're looking for alternatives:
> 
> https://bitbucket.org/mveety/9front-ports
> 

The current repository for ports is https://code.9front.org/hg/ports

Sean