pkgsrc
Sign in to savepkgsrc (package source) is a package management system for Unix-like operating systems. It was forked from the FreeBSD ports collection in 1997 as the primary package management system for NetBSD. Since then it has evolved independently; in 1999, support for Solaris was added, followed by support for other operating systems.
Key facts
- Software.name
- pkgsrc
- Software.logo
- Pkgsrc.svg
- Software.logo size
- 200px
- Software.developer
- Alistair Crooks, Hubert Feyrer and Johnny C. Lam
- Software.operating system
- Unix-like
- Software.programming language
- C, Unix shell
- Software.genre
- Package management system
- Software.license
- BSD License
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It produces binary packages, which can be managed with tools such as pkgin. pkgsrc is highly configurable, supporting building packages for an arbitrary installation prefix (the default is /usr/pkg ), allowing multiple branches to coexist on one machine, a build options framework, and a compiler transformation framework, among other advanced features. Unprivileged use and installation is also supported. pkgsrc is the default package manager for NetBSD and SmartOS. It's also supported as a first-class option in OmniOS CE and Oasis Linux. Note that this is only for the most simple case, using pkgsrc's defaults.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc
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- user manual URL
- www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc
- issue tracker URL
- bulktracker.appspot.com
- source code repository URL
- git://github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc.git
- software version identifier
- 2026Q1
- inception
- 1997-08-20
- IRC channel URL
- irc://irc.libera.chat/pkgsrc
- mailing list archive URL
- mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users
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pkgsrc (package source) is a package management system for Unix-like operating systems. It was forked from the FreeBSD ports collection in 1997 as the primary package management system for NetBSD. Since then it has evolved independently; in 1999, support for Solaris was added, followed by support for other operating systems.
, pkgsrc currently contains over 29,000 packages and includes most popular open-source software. It is the native package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and MINIX 3, and is portable across 23 different operating systems, including AIX, various BSD derivatives, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, macOS, Solaris, and QNX.