How to Install Anchr on NetBSD

Anchr is a minimalistic package manager for Unix-like systems. It provides a simple and user-friendly interface for installing and managing software packages. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Anchr on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A running NetBSD system
• Internet connectivity
• Root access or sudo permission

Step 1: Install Git

Anchr is hosted on GitHub, so we need to install Git in order to clone the Anchr repository. To install Git, run the following command:

pkg_add git

This command will install Git on your system.

Step 2: Clone the Anchr Repository

Next, we need to clone the Anchr repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/daidodo/anchr.git

This command will clone the Anchr repository into a directory named anchr.

Step 3: Install Anchr

Once the repository is cloned, we need to install Anchr. To install Anchr, run the following command:

cd anchr
./install.sh

This command will install Anchr on your system.

Step 4: Test Anchr

Finally, we need to verify that Anchr is installed and working properly. To do this, run the following command:

anchr help

This command will display the help message for Anchr.

Congratulations! You have installed Anchr on your NetBSD system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Anchr on NetBSD. Anchr is a simple and lightweight package manager that makes it easy to install and manage software packages on Unix-like systems. With Anchr, you can easily install, update, and remove packages with a few simple commands.

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