KaiXinFeb 4
Every now and then when I come back to use my daily driver running #Debian #Linux, I got surprised why #apt still does not provided short-formed commands like #pkg in #FreeBSD and #pkgin in #NetBSD do such as:

# FreeBSD
pkg ins vim # same as pkg install vim
pkg sea vim # same as pkg search vim

# NetBSD
pkgin in vim # same as pkgin install vim
pkgin se vim # same as pkgin search vim

# while in Debian
apt search vim # no apt se/sea
apt install vim # no apt in/ins
#Unix #BSD #FOSS
Jonathan PerkinOct 3

pkgin 25.10.0 released.

Fixes an issue where changes to the pkgdb outside of pkgin operations (e.g. manually running pkg_add) could affect subsequent upgrades and lose autoremove information.

I'll get this into the SmartOS and macOS trunk builds over the weekend.

#pkgin #pkgsrc

Show threadKaiXinJul 21, 2025
I just installed #NetBSD 10.1 yesterday on my laptop with X sets too. I got #Firefox from #pkgin but it failed to launch with a core dump in a normal #ctwm session. Is this expected? Thanks!
KaiXinJul 20, 2025
I was just about to complain why #pkgin in #NetBSD about having long commands like install, search and list and no short form like install for #pkg in #FreeBSD and then pkgin without any argument slaps me in the face and say no you can just use in se ls for install search and list
#BSD #RUNBSD #Unix #FOSS
Jonathan PerkinMay 19, 2025

pkgin 25.5.0 released.

Includes some important fixes to SUPERSEDES and CONFLICTS support, and "upgrade" will now update any core package tools first.

Should correctly handle the recent php-X.Y -> phpXY-X.Y renames, and fix some other corner cases.

https://github.com/NetBSDfr/pkgin/blob/master/CHANGES.md#version-2550-2025-05-19

#pkgsrc #pkgin

pkgin/CHANGES.md at master Β· NetBSDfr/pkgin

pkgin's official github repository. Contribute to NetBSDfr/pkgin development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Jonathan PerkinMay 12, 2025

Next version of pkgin will check for upgrades to any installed packaging tools first.

https://github.com/NetBSDfr/pkgin/commit/e5849d8f52215b36a8f8ed6d80e31c15178cff81

Wishing I'd done this sooner so that upcoming fixes for SUPERSEDES would be automatically handled :( Oh well, hopefully will still prove to be useful in the future (or maybe not!)

#pkgin #pkgsrc

upgrade: Upgrade packaging tools first. Β· NetBSDfr/pkgin@e5849d8

If any important packaging tools are installed and have upgrades available then perform only those first, and then instruct the user to re-run "pkgin upgrade" to upgrade the remaining pac...

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Show thread🧊 freezr πŸ₯ΆOct 15, 2024

Does anyone know how install certificates so I can use #pkgin? πŸ™

I kinda like the fact that #NetBSD does very little but sometimes it raises very high the learning curve... πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

p.s. I completely forgot how slow was the #RPI 2 😩

Show thread0mp at FreeBSDJul 10, 2024

@archer72 On #FreeBSD, you'd use #pkg.

#pkg_add is a predecessor of #pkg. #pkgin is a part of #pkgsrc, which you can use on #FreeBSD if you really want to. #NetBSD folks might be able to tell you more about #pkgsrc.

scmMay 19, 2024
After some investigation, I came to the conclusion that pkgin is the way to go for package installation, searching, etc. on NetBSD. Unfortunately, It's not installed by default. After fetching the latest stable pkgsrc, I built and installed it. #NetBSD #pkgin #pkgsrc
Jonathan PerkinApr 19, 2024

For anyone using my macOS binary package repository, I've switched to building against MacOSX12.3.sdk.

Build results look good, and over 24,000 packages are available for both arm64 and x86_64.

Full details on why I had to change, and how to switch to the new repository, are in my post to pkgsrc-users:

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2024/04/19/msg039367.html

The 11.3 repository will no longer be updated, but will remain available for anyone unable to upgrade past Big Sur.

Any problems, let me know!

#macos #pkgsrc #pkgin

macOS package repository switched to 12.3 SDK