Mercurial is a distributed version control system used by developers to manage their codebase. Here is a tutorial on how to install Mercurial on a NetBSD system.
Before we begin, you should ensure that your NetBSD system is up-to-date. You can update your system by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add -u
To install Mercurial on NetBSD, you can use the pkgsrc system. Pkgsrc is a collection of tools for building third-party software on NetBSD.
Open a terminal on your NetBSD system.
Run the following command to install the pkgsrc system:
cd /usr
sudo cvs -q -z2 -d anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot checkout -P pkgsrc
Run the following command to set the PKG_PATH environment variable:
export PKG_PATH="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -m)/$(uname -r)/All/"
Install mercurial by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add mercurial
You can verify that Mercurial has been installed successfully by typing the following command:
hg version
If the installation was successful, you will see the version of Mercurial installed on your system.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mercurial on your NetBSD system. You are now ready to use this powerful tool to manage your codebase.
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