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There are some hints that make life with NetBSD easier:

to connect to network do the following, change the name of your ethernet card if is not fxp0
# ifconfig -a #shows the network devices # dhclient fxp0 #asks the dhcpd for an address to make this permanent add the following to your /etc/rc.conf:
dhclient=YES
set PKG_PATH in your environement to be able to install apps faster and easier
# export PKG_PATH="http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD///All"
just make sure the version number and architecture matches yours (e.g. NetBSD/386/5.0.1_2009Q3/All)
then you can add packages as follows:
# pkg_add -v cups
Unfortunately NetBSD packages pools have become less reliable lately therefore I suggest:
download pkgsrc (the packages compilation tree):
# cd /usr/ # ftp ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/pkgsrc-2009Q3/pkgsrc.tar.gz # tar -xzvf pkgsrc.tar.gz
now you can start installing software as in this example:
# cd /usr/pkgsrc/print/cups # make install Normally, this is ok, and the program is installed. However some apps or services, such as cups, need further treatment
Make cups work completely and give it priority,
# cp /usr/pkg/share/examples/rc.d/cupsd /etc/rc.d/ # /etc/rc.conf/cupsd start
And if you want it to start automatically, add this to /etc/rc.conf:
cupsd=YES slpd=NO And there is one more thing. BSD system gives priority to native lpd printing. To make cups work well we need to:
# mv /usr/bin/lp /usr/bin/lp.old # mv /usr/bin/lpr /usr/bin/lpr.old # mv /usr/bin/lpd /usr/bin/lpd.old # mv /usr/bin/lprm /usr/bin/lprm.old
That saved the original state, and now we will link the system binaries to our new ones managed by cups: # ln -s /usr/pkg/bin/lp /usr/bin/lp # ln -s /usr/pkg/bin/lpr /usr/bin/lpr # ln -s /usr/pkg/bin/lpd /usr/bin/lpd # ln -s /usr/pkg/bin/lprm /usr/bin/lprm
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