Hitchhiker's Guide to Openbsd

15 - The OpenBSD packages and ports system
Table of Contents
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15.1 - Introduction
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15.2 - Package management
 
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15.2.1 - How does it work?
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15.2.2 - Making things easy
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15.2.3 - Finding packages
 
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15.2.4 - Installing new packages
 
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15.2.5 - Listing installed packages
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15.2.6 - Updating installed packages
 
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15.2.7 - Removing installed packages
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15.2.8 - Incomplete package installation or removal
 
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15.3 - Working with ports
 
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15.3.1 - How does it work?
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15.3.2 - Fetching the ports tree
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15.3.3 - Configuration of the ports system
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15.3.4 - Searching the ports tree
 
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15.3.5 - Straightforward installation: a simple example
 
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15.3.6 - Cleaning up after a build
 
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15.3.7 - Uninstalling a port's package
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15.3.8 - Using flavors and subpackages
 
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15.3.9 - Security updates (-stable)
 
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15.3.10 - Package signatures
 
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15.4 - FAQ
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15.4.1 - I'm getting all kinds of crazy errors. I just can't seem to get this ports stuff 
working at all.
 
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15.4.2 - The latest version of my Top-Favorite-Software is not available!
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15.4.3 - Why is there no package for my Top-Favorite-Software?
 
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15.4.4 - Why is there no port of my Top-Favorite-Software?
 
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15.4.5 - Why is my Top-Favorite-Software not part of the base system?
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15.4.6 - What should I use: packages or ports?
 
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15.4.7 - How do I tweak these ports to have maximum performance?
 
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15.4.8 - I submitted a new port/an update weeks ago. Why isn't it committed?
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15.5 - Reporting problems
 
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15.6 - Helping us