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
- -h, --help
-
print help message
- -P
-
print supported operations
- -V
-
print version information
Query
- -Q
-
list all installed packages
- -Qc <package>
-
show package´s changelog
- -Qi <package>
-
print package status
- -Ql <package>
-
list package´s files
- -Qm
-
list installed packages that aren´t available in any installation source
- -Qo <file>
-
query package that provides <file>
- -Qp <file>
-
query a package file (don´t use package database)
- -Qs <package>
-
search for installed package
Synchronize
- -S <package>
-
install package(s)
- -Ss <package>
-
search for packages
- -Su
-
upgrade the system
- -Sy
-
update package database
- -Suy
-
update package database, then upgrade the system
Remove / Clean up
- -R <packages>
-
remove some packages
- -Sc
-
delete old downloaded packages
- -Scc
-
delete all downloaded packages
- -Sccc
-
clean variant files. See also http://dragula.viettug.org/blogs/646
Miscellaneous
- -w
-
download packages but don´t install them
- --noconfirm
-
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 <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).