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
