### Setting up NetBSD workstation for PKGSRC [**Help edit wiki**](https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/241-how-to-editcreate-wiki) Table of Contents - [Installing mksandbox](https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/240-porters-wiki/2) - [Making sandbox using _mksandbox_](https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/240-porters-wiki/3) - [Using sandbox to test pkgsrc port/package within sandbox](https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/240-porters-wiki/4) **Prerequisites** - NetBSD [-stable/-current]installed - Possibly a src source tree, only some rare packages needs it. If you choose not to checkout src, simply create a /usr/src directory so mksandbox doesn't complain about non-existing directory.[ref: https://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/pkgsrc/pbulk/]

### Using sandbox to test pkgsrc port/package within sandbox Now go into that dir and setup sandbox as follows `$cd /home/$user/mysandboxfolder` `$sudo ./sandbox mount` `$sudo ./sandbox` now you will see `#` at prompt means you have entered sandbox now fetch pkgsrc -stable branch into sandbox `#cd /usr && cvs -q -z2 -d anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot checkout -r pkgsrc-2020Q4 -P pkgsrc` for getting various other branches and updating [click here](https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/getting.html#getting-via-cvs) After this you should be able to see pkgsrc under your sandbox now fetch WIP pkgsrc branch for that you will need to make git under sandbox: `#cd /usr/pkgsrc/devel/git && make install #cd /usr/pkgsrc/ && git clone git://wip.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrc-wip.git wip` now you can port or import new applications under sandbox. If you want to build your own repo under sandbox using pbulk [click here for more info.](https://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/pkgsrc/pbulk/) [Top^](https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/240-netbsd-porters-wiki)

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Setting up NetBSD workstation for PKGSRC

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Prerequisites

NetBSD [-stable/-current]installed
Possibly a src source tree, only some rare packages needs it. If you choose not to checkout src, simply create a /usr/src directory so mksandbox doesn't complain about non-existing directory.[ref: https://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/pkgsrc/pbulk/]

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Installing mksandbox

# sudo pkgin install mksandbox

or using pkgsrc
# cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/mksandbox/ && sudo make install

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Making sandbox using mksandbox

First create a folder using mkdir which you want to use as sandbox

$ mkdir /home/$user/mysandboxfolder

then use following to make that folder sandbox
$ sudo mksandbox --without-src --without-pkgsrc --without-xsrc mysandboxfolder

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Using sandbox to test pkgsrc port/package within sandbox

Now go into that dir and setup sandbox as follows

$cd /home/$user/mysandboxfolder
$sudo ./sandbox mount
$sudo ./sandbox

now you will see # at prompt means you have entered sandbox now fetch pkgsrc -stable branch into sandbox

#cd /usr && cvs -q -z2 -d anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot checkout -r pkgsrc-2020Q4 -P pkgsrc
for getting various other branches and updating click here

After this you should be able to see pkgsrc under your sandbox now fetch WIP pkgsrc branch for that you will need to make git under sandbox:

#cd /usr/pkgsrc/devel/git && make install #cd /usr/pkgsrc/ && git clone git://wip.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrc-wip.git wip

now you can port or import new applications under sandbox.
If you want to build your own repo under sandbox using pbulk click here for more info.

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