Package Source (pkgsrc): An Introduction

Package source is an interesting project that is developed primarily by the NetBSD team. It is based on a ports tree system. If you are a Linux user, then know that Gentoo is based on the FreeBSD ports tree system. For the rest of you who are not Linux users or not familiar with FreeBSD or Gentoo, a ports tree is a collection of makefiles. However, they are a little bit more than just makefiles (or in Gentoo, ebuild scripts). The Makefiles not only will specify how to compile the software but al

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