OBPkg

OBPkg stands for OpenBSD Packages and is a Gtk+2 based package management tool for OpenBSD based on the Idea of Ubuntu's 'Synaptic' Tool.

OBPkg displays a list of ports and packages avaiable for your platform from different local and remote sources including descriptions of these ports/packages. You can search ports and simply add (inofficial) remote servers that include more (inofficial) packages.

You always can choose between three different source-systems:

• local ports (/usr/ports)
• official package hosts (e.g. ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/$VER/packages/$ARCH/)
• universe package hosts (e.g. the public server of some geek that produced inofficial packages of his own software projects)
• local package directorys (e.g. a mounted OpenBSD CD-ROM)

To install and remove packages, OBPkg simply includes a front-end code for pkg_add and pkg_delete what makes the code more independend from changes of the package structure.

I only tested some newer ones I currently run. Please tell me if you run it on an other version/arch without problems. But you can mail me also, if you have trouble running OBPkg to help me improve this system.

• 3.6 i386 (make sure you installed Gtk-2.6 or newer)
• 3.9-snapshot i386 Gtk-2.8 (02. Mar 2006)

• To install OBPkg: read the included INSTALL file.

OBPkg is available as gzipped tar archive and OpenBSD-port:

• download from freshmeat.net (includes Changelog information)
• download from files.doomed-reality.org (files only)