Frequently Asked Questions and their answers

6.10. What packages can I install for BSD to enhance it?

Currently, you can install the following software packages under bsd. The porting job has already been done. Just get the tar file and the readme and it will give you instructions. If you want to use more packages, ftp to one of the NetBSD-current mirrors and get the sources for whatever is availble there. Most of it should compile right out of the box, but due to the rapid changes there might be some incompatibilities.

ados.tar.gz - a start for an amigados emulator for unix/bsd.
anethack.tar.z - nethack ported to netbsd.
ascreen.tar.z - screen, a multisession program, that gives you more than one screen with separate shells on each.
atcsh.tar.z - the tcsh shell ported to NetBSD.
aterm.tar.z - linux's most wonderful term program, ported to NetBSD. it works like dnet, sortof - only better. It lets you have multiple remote shells, but also lets you run irc clients directly on the netbsd machine. It also has ftp and telnet clients for it so you can ftp, for example, right to/from your netbsd harddisk over the internet. It also has the ability to allow anyone else on internet to telnet in to your netbsd machine. (irc, ftp, telnet clients not ported yet).
config.tgz - source to config so you can compile it under netbsd to build your kernels under netbsd.
grofflibg++bin.tar.gz - gnu roff and libg++. You need groff to have man pages formatted, and libg++ to compile c++ programs.
term107.tar.z - unhacked sources to term107 (aterm) so you can easily compile it on remote (i.e. not your netbsd) machine.
manpages.tar.z - man pages for sections 2 and 3 of /usr/man. Library and os calls documented.
bffs1.25.lzh - archive of the amiga bffs (berkeley file system) tools and filesystem handler. Handler reads your bsd partitions, but doesn't write (according to the docs). It contains the needed filetodev program for installing netbsd in the first place.
diff-2.3.tgz - port of gnu diff (needed for RCS)
rcs-5.6.0.1.tgz - port of RCS (requires diff-2.3.tgz :-)
perl-4.036.tar.gz - port of perl
X11R5.*.tar.gz - X11R5 package
cat12345678.tar.gz - all man-pages, already formatted.

Matthias Kirschnick 04/15/94