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Openbsd-as-a-desktop-os

Upgrade OpenBSD

Patch Base System

syspatch

Upgrade system

sysupgrade

Upgrade Packages

pkg_add -u

Package Management

Search for a package

pkg_info -Q <searchterm>

Get Info about package

pkg_info <packagename>

install package

pkg_add <packagename>

System Enhancement

If you have an SSD you can edit /etc/fstab and add attribute softdep

Download and Configure Ports tree

ftp https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/$(uname -r)/{ports.tar.gz,SHA256.sig}
signify -Cp /etc/signify/openbsd-$(uname -r | cut -c 1,3)-base.pub -x SHA256.sig ports.tar.gz
tar xzvf /tmp/ports.tar.gz -C /usr