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PACAPT(1) PACAPT(1)

NAME

pacapt - Arch´s pacman-like package manager for some Unices

SYNOPSIS

pacapt [options(s)] [operation(s)] [package(s)]

DESCRIPTION

pacapt is an Arch´s pacman-like package manager for some Unices. It is a bash script provides a wrapper for system´s package manager.

OPTIONS

Basic

print help message
print supported operations
print version information

Query

list all installed packages
show package´s changelog
print package status
list package´s files
list installed packages that aren´t available in any installation source
query package that provides <file>
query a package file (don´t use package database)
search for installed package

Synchronize

install package(s)
search for packages
upgrade the system
update package database
update package database, then upgrade the system

Remove / Clean up

remove some packages
delete old downloaded packages
delete all downloaded packages
clean variant files. See also http://dragula.viettug.org/blogs/646

Miscellaneous

download packages but don´t install them
don´t wait for user´s confirmation

EXAMPLES

1.
To install a package from Debian´s backports repository
$ pacapt -S foobar -t lenny-backports
$ pacapt -S -- -t lenny-backports foobar

2.
To update package database and then update your system
$ pacapt -Syu

3.
To download a package without installing it
$ pacapt -Sw foobar

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by ChangZhuo Chen <czchen@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

2016-07-25