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Manpage of PKG
PKG
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 22 May 2007
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NAME
pkg - software package maintenance tool.
SYNOPSIS
pkg
[
install,
remove,
upgrade,
info,
search,
sync
]
[
pkgname
]
DESCRIPTION
pkg
is the package utility which is capable of high-level maintainence of
packages by package name instead of by file.
pkg
provides very basic functionalities of installing, removing, and
upgrading packages.
ACTIONS
pkg
provides the following actions that the system administrator can
utilize:
- install
-
Installs the provided packages and any dependencies from available
repositories.
- remove
-
Removes installed packages from the system that correspond to the
packages provided on the command-line
- upgrade
-
Upgrades any installed packages on the system which pair with more
recent versions on available repositories.
- info
-
Displays package information on packages matching the names supplied
to the command-line. If no installed packages can be found that match,
then the available repositories will be searched.
- search
-
Searches available repositories for any package that matches the
search string.
- sync
-
Determines if any packages need to be upgraded, and then proceeds to
upgrade them with the latest versions.
AUTHOR
Bradley A. Worley <geekysuavo@gmail.com>
SEE ALSO
buildpkg(8),
explodepkg(8),
infopkg(8),
installpkg(8),
makepkg(8),
removepkg(8),
servepkg(8),
upgradepkg(8)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- ACTIONS
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- AUTHOR
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- SEE ALSO
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