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dnl $OpenBSD: packages,v 1.51 2019/08/01 19:42:51 jmc Exp $
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) Use the OpenBSD package collection to grab a pre-compiled
and tested version of the application for your hardware.
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) Obtain the source code and build the application based
upon whatever installation procedures are provided with the
application.
Instructions for installing applications from the various sources using
the different installation methods follow.
You should also refer to the packages(7) manual page.
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 mirror sites. See
https://www.OpenBSD.org/ftp.html
for a list of current 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 HTTP server. Example:
$ su
Password: <enter your root password>
# pkg_add \
http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/{:--:}OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH/emacs-21.4p32.tgz
Installing applications from the OpenBSD ports collection:
See https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Ports 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 such port exists, you might want to
look at the FreeBSD ports or NetBSD pkgsrc for inspiration.
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 in the OpenBSD Porter's Handbook at
https://www.openbsd.org/faq/ports/
with more help coming from the mailing list, <ports@OpenBSD.org>.
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