pkgtools/pkg_select - The NetBSD Packages Collection

Curses based pkgsrc system browser / manager

pkg_select will display a curses file browser for the pkg system. You can
browse pkgsrc and gather various informations about packages, like avail-
able version, installed version, comment and homepage. A simple paging
system lets you read information files.  You can browse both installed
and uninstalled packages, as well as dependencies list and perform vari-
ous administrative tasks to them. A package finder system helps you to
easily locate a package by its name.  pkg_select can handle either source
or binary installations when pkgsrc is installed on the local system, or
binary only when using the pkgsrc-over-ftp feature.

If no pkgsrc is installed, pkg_select offers ability fo fetch it, either
by FTP or CVS. It is also possible to update an existing pkgsrc via the
interface.

pkg_select user interface is quite self explainatory, every available
shortcut is shown and annotated.

Build dependencies

pkgtools/mktools pkgtools/cwrappers

Runtime dependencies

(none)

Binary packages

OSArchitectureVersion
NetBSD 10.0aarch64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64ebpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64ebpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0alphapkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv4pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv6hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv6hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv6hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0i386pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0i386pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0powerpcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0vaxpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0vaxpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0x86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0_BETAx86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0i386pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0i386pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0i386pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0powerpcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0powerpcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0powerpcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0powerpcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0x86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0x86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 8.0x86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0aarch64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0aarch64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0aarch64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0alphapkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0alphapkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv4pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv6hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv6hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv6hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv7hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv7hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv7hfpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0i386pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0i386pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0m68kpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0m68kpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0m68kpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0mips64ebpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0powerpcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0powerpcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0powerpcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0sh3elpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0sh3elpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0sparc64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0sparcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0sparcpkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0x86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0x86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.3x86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.3x86_64pkg_select-20090308nb8.tgz

Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool pkgin (which can be installed with pkg_add) or pkg_add(1) (installed by default). The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit easy installation from source.

Available build options

(none)

Known vulnerabilities

The pkg_admin audit command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in security advisories as having vulnerabilities.

Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate, and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.


Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be reported with send-pr.