Installing Binary Packages
pkgin
As of release 3.1.8, pkgin is the binary package manager for Minix 3. This page describes how to use pkgin.
Note, additional packages can built from source. See Installing Source Packages for details.
pkgin Usage
First, you will need to fetch the package list and populate the package database:
# pkgin update
This step can be re-run to update the package list.
If you would like to install a package, you can run:
# pkgin install scmgit-base # pkgin install subversion-base # pkgin install gcc44
More than one at a time:
# pkgin in zip rsync
Also, there is a way to install everything:
# pkgin in 'pkgin av | awk '{ print $1 }'' If you would like to search for a specific package, you can run:
# pkgin search subversion
To see a list of all available packages, you can run:
# pkgin available
You can also use the "| more " options, i.e. <# pkgin available | more> to pause between pages
If you would like to see all the available pkgin actions, you can run:
# pkgin
Additionally, you can study the man page:
# man 1 pkgin
To install binary packages without network/internet connection (this is the usual case when your network card is not supported by minix) you can use the the script
# pkgin_cd
This command pre-selects the CD-ROM as package-repository. It is a wrapper for pkgin and therefore supports the same commands.