For pkgsrc:
http://wiki.netbsd.org/pkgsrc/how_to_use_pkgsrc_on_linux/
From:
http://nathanahlstrom.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/netbsd-pkgsrc-on-rhel-6-4/
wget http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.gz
tar xzvf pkgsrc.tar.gz -C /opt
cd /opt/pkgsrc/bootstrap
./bootstrap --prefix /opt/pkg
Edit your ~/.bash_profile to look like this:
PATH=$PATH:/opt/pkg/bin:/opt/pkg/sbin:$HOME/bin export PATH
# run from the command line to update your PATH. . ~/.bash_profile
End first quote.
Next, I quote, after completing the above steps, an example to get
apache22 :
Now go into /opt/pkgsrc/www/apache22 and as root (or with sudo) run:
bmake install
It will download the source from apache.org mirrors, check the
distribution integrity, compile it all for you, and install it with
sensible defaults into /opt/pkg.
When it completes (it could take 10 minutes or so depending on your
hardware) all the latest Apache HTTPD server will be installed to
/opt/pkg/sbin and /opt/pkg/bin.
End second quote
I have not found a pkgsrc RPM that would automatically install and
configure pkgsrc for an EL system.
What is the answer to a fundamental question:
how secure and authenticated is the pkgsrc repository (non-RPM, but a
repository nonetheless)?
In so as possible, I use SL and related repositories because these in
practice are reasonably secure and authenticated. I do what I can to
avoid using contaminated/compromised sources or executables, and work as
"root" as secure as is practicable.
Yasha Karant
On 07/11/2014 01:42 AM, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
* On 2014-07-11 at 09:02 BST, Elias Persson wrote:
On 2014-07-10 19:53, Yasha Karant wrote:
I received the following email message that does not appear to be posted
to the SL list.
It's on the list:
http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1407&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=15184
The weird way it was sent (via another list?) and the fact that
the SL lists lack list-id and such probably cause any filter you
might have to miss it though.
Sorry, my fault. I subscribed to a few different lists which I
thought would be interested in this, and then sent one mail which
bcc'd them - assuming that the list servers in question would handle
the rest.
Again, if you have any questions about this package set, I'd be
delighted to answer them. I've had a few come in so far, so I'll take
the chance to summarise them here:
- You can browse the list of packages here:
http://pkgsrc.joyent.com/packages/Linux/el6/2014Q2/x86_64/All/
- They aren't in RPM format, but pkgsrc (the system used to build
them) does have pluggable backend support, and there was an
unfinished GSOC project to implement RPM support a few years back.
If someone is interested it would be fantastic to see this finished
so we can provide them as RPMs via yum instead.
- pkgsrc is branched every 3 months, and from that we generate the
binary packages and provide a new package set, so every quarter
there is a fresh update of new packages.
Cheers,
