HOWTO manage OpenBSD packages

Sync and Install a new package with the interactive mode (-i) (eg. pkg_add -i vim)

# export

 PKG_PATH=http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/

packages/`machine -a`/

{insert the previous line into /root/.profile to save the variable}

# pkg_add -i [package]

List the packages that are installed into the system

# pkg_info

Install a package that was partially downloaded/installed

# pkg_info {you can see the partial-* package name}

# pkg_delete partial-....

# pkg_add -i [package]

or

# pkg_add -i -r -F conflicts [package]

Upgrade the packages into the system

# pkg_add -iu