Re: Installing, then installing CDE

On Tue, 18 Aug 2026, Liam Proven wrote:

> As I have encountered before, I somehow failed to install the `pkgin`
> command.
>

The way I do this is, after installing NetBSD:

1. Edit /root/.profile and uncomment the `export PKG_PATH=...' line

2. Logout; login

3. pkg_add pkgin

4. pkgin -y install cde

(sysinst(8) can also install pkgin(1) for you as part of an initial install.)

> I found this helpful:
>
> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc/c/7eGksS80DfI
>
> Is there a better guide anywhere?
>

When you installed CDE a brief message would've flashed, telling you to read
the files in:

/usr/pkg/share/doc/cde/

After adding the things mentioned in README.netbsd, CDE should start and run
*without* a single error. (Just run it as `startcde' at the command prompt.)

-RVP