---
name: "publicfile-installer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "publicfile-installer"
version: "0.15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/publicfile-installer"
---

# publicfile-installer(1)

get, build and install publicfile

## NAME

publicfile-installer - get, build and install publicfile

## SYNOPSIS

**get-publicfile** \[**go**\]\
 **build-publicfile** \[**go**\]

## DESCRIPTION

- *get-publicfile*

  **get-publicfile** downloads and verifies publicfile sources.

- *build-publicfile*

  **build-publicfile** builds the publicfile package from its sources, and optionally installs it.

The scripts **get-publicfile** and **build-publicfile** are pretty verbose.  Both scripts are interactive (but see below).

## OPTIONS

When **get-publicfile** or **build-publicfile** are passed the argument **go**, they run in non-interactive mode.  This is useful when calling these scripts from within a package installer.

## FILES

The scripts install files, and search for files in *$HOME/.publicfile-installer/* and */usr/src/publicfile-installer/*. The scripts are configured using */etc/publicfile-installer.conf* and *$HOME/.publicfile-installer.conf*.

## BUGS

**get-publicfile** runs **dscverify**; this command needs the public PGP key of the scripts author in the users GnuPG keyring.   Therefore, before running **get-publicfile**, do run e.g. gpg --recv-key B8FAC2E250475B8CE940A91957930DAB0B86B067 in order to download or update this key.

## AUTHOR

Copyright © 2006 Joost van Baal, Copyright © 2015 Joost van Baal-Ilić\
 This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPL as published by the FSF; version 3 of the License, or any later version. You should have received a copy of the GNU GPL along with this file (see COPYING); if not, check the copy on the FSF website ⟨URL: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html ⟩.

## SEE ALSO

The authors publicfile website ⟨URL: http://mdcc.cx/publicfile/ ⟩.