pkg_select will display a curses file browser for the pkg system. You can browse pkgsrc and gather various informations about packages, like avail- able version, installed version, comment and homepage. A simple paging system lets you read information files. You can browse both installed and uninstalled packages, as well as dependencies list and perform vari- ous administrative tasks to them. A package finder system helps you to easily locate a package by its name. pkg_select can handle either source or binary installations when pkgsrc is installed on the local system, or binary only when using the pkgsrc-over-ftp feature. If no pkgsrc is installed, pkg_select offers ability fo fetch it, either by FTP or CVS. It is also possible to update an existing pkgsrc via the interface. pkg_select user interface is quite self explainatory, every available shortcut is shown and annotated.
Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool pkgin (which can be installed with pkg_add) or pkg_add(1) (installed by default). The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit easy installation from source.
The pkg_admin audit command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in security advisories as having vulnerabilities.
Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate, and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.
Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be reported with send-pr.