Alexander Dong Back Kim wrote:
> Hi all,

> I'm really having a great fun Minix 3 these days. However, since Minix
> 3 supports relatively fewer number of packages compare to Linux
> distributions such as OpenSUSE or Debian, as a Debian user, I found
> out using Minix is a great challenge as well.

> I suggest it would be really great if Minix has apt or yum like
> package management system. I know this requires huge man power.

Hi Alex,

Simply having apt or yum won't help much: it's the number of packages
themselves that's the problem. Minix has packman, which functions fine as
a packet manager (at least for now). What we really need is people porting
software from Linux or BSD to Minix. What package format (if any) they
are made available in is of lesser concern.

Regards,

Jens

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Jens de Smit
Student Computer Science | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
jfdsmit@few.vu.nl | http://www.few.vu.nl/~jfdsmit
"[In the end, people] get furious at IT that the goddamn magic isn't working"
-- Stewart Dean

On Jul 11, 8:15*pm, "J.F. de Smit" wrote:
> Alexander Dong Back Kim wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I'm really having a great fun Minix 3 these days. However, since Minix
> > 3 supports relatively fewer number of packages compare to Linux
> > distributions such as OpenSUSE or Debian, as a Debian user, I found
> > out using Minix is a great challenge as well.
> > I suggest it would be really great if Minix has apt or yum like
> > package management system. I know this requires huge man power.
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> Simply having apt or yum won't help much: it's the number of packages
> themselves that's the problem. Minix has packman, which functions fine as
> a packet manager (at least for now). What we really need is people porting
> software from Linux or BSD to Minix. What package format (if any) they
> are made available in is of lesser concern.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jens
>
> --
> Jens de Smit
> Student Computer Science | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
> jfds...@few.vu.nl |http://www.few.vu.nl/~jfdsmit
> "[In the end, people] get furious at IT that the goddamn magic isn't working"
> -- Stewart Dean

Thanks for you hint!! I've just installed it and found out packman is
very useful!!! (although there are only about 100 packages in the
list).

I'm struggling to use SCP on Minix 3.1.2a!!!

cheers,
AK

Alexander Dong Back Kim wrote:
> I suggest it would be really great if Minix has apt or yum like
> package management system. I know this requires huge man power.

Maybe NetBSD ports ('pkgsrc') would be much easier to port/maintain.

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Saludos,
Angel

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