bpm(1) [netbsd man page]

BPM(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						    BPM(1)

NAME

     bpm -- menu-based binary package manager

SYNOPSIS

     bpm [-hnVv] [-b baseURL] [-m machine] [-r release] [-w seconds]

DESCRIPTION

     The bpm command is used to locate and install binary packages from any reachable URL.

     The following command-line options are supported:

     -b baseURL
	     Specify a base URL from which to download binary packages.  The default URL is ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages.

     -h      Print a help message and then exit.

     -m machine
	     Use machine as the machine architecture to be used, instead of that returned by uname(1).

     -n      Don't actually execute the commands to add the package.

     -r release
	     Use release as the operating system release to be used, instead of that returned by uname(1).

     -V      Print version number and exit.

     -v      Turn on verbose output.

     -w seconds
	     The number of seconds to wait after displaying an error message and returning to normal menu operations.

     bpm provides a menu-based binary package manager for NetBSD.  bpm first connects to the URL using ftp(1), and displays a list of categories
     for which binary packages exist.  If no categories are displayed, it could be that the machine architecture or operating system release
     string have been wrongly interpreted, and that it will be necessary to override this values by means of the command line options.	Within a
     category, a list of packages will be displayed, and by selecting one using the number assigned to it, the package will be downloaded automat-
     ically, and installed, using the pkg_add(1) utility.  It is also possible to change the category currently being examined, and to quit from
     the utility, simply by selecting the appropriate choices on the menu.

ENVIRONMENT

     The environment variables which govern the behavior of ftp(1) and pkg_add(1) are valid for bpm.

SEE ALSO

     ftp(1), pkg_add(1), uname(1)

AUTHORS

     The bpm utility was written by Alistair Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.

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								  August 3, 2007							       BSD

SYSINST(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						SYSINST(8)

NAME

     sysinst -- install or upgrade a NetBSD system

SYNOPSIS

     sysinst [-D] [-f deffile] [-r releasename]

DESCRIPTION

     sysinst is a menu-based program that may be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.  It is usually invoked automatically when the system
     is booted from appropriate installation media.

     sysinst is usually not present on a NetBSD system that has been fully installed.

OPTIONS

     -D 	     Switch on debugging.

     -r releasename  Set the releasename if it is different to the one compiled.  Currently unused.

     -f deffile      Set a file for definitions other than the defaults.  See DEFINITION FILE for its format.

DEFINITION FILE

     The definition file is used to set several other names and directories to search for.  You can specify any of the options in the file.  They
     are stored as:
	   option = value
     pairs.  In this description, REL and MACH are the release and architecture respectively, determined by the image sysinst is used on.

     option name	 default value		  description
     release		 REL			  Release name (also set by -r releasename).
     machine		 MACH			  Machine architecture
     xfer dir		 /usr/INSTALL		  Transfer dir
     ext dir					  Extract dir (will usually be set later on)
     ftp host		 ftp.NetBSD.org 	  ftp host for fetching files
     ftp dir		 pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL	  ftp directory for fetching files
     ftp prefix 	 /MACH/binary/sets	  directory to look for sets. Note that this is used for all kinds of fetching (CDs, local FS,
						  ...), not only ftp.
     ftp user		 ftp			  ftp user for connecting
     ftp pass		 -			  ftp password
     ftp proxy		 -			  ftp proxy
     nfs host		 -			  nfs host for fetching via nfs
     nfs dir		 /bsd/release		  nfs directory for fetching files
     cd dev		 cd0a			  name of the CD device for fetching files
     fd dev		 /dev/fd0a		  name of floppy for fetching files
     local dev		 -			  Other device to be mounted for fetching files
     local fs		 ffs			  FS-type for local dev
     local dir		 release		  Directory to look for in the mounted local fs
     targetroot mount	 /targetroot		  Directory to mount target root dir to
     dist postfix	 .tgz			  Suffix of set files to be extracted
     diskname		 mydisk 		  disktab(5) diskname to use for target disk

SEE ALSO

     release(7), afterboot(8), boot(8), diskless(8)

     <machine>/INSTALL.* files on CD-ROM installation media .../NetBSD-<rel>/<machine>/INSTALL.* files in NetBSD releases or snapshots.

HISTORY

     A sysinst command appeared in NetBSD 1.3.

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								September 17, 2011							       BSD