explodepkg

NAME

       explodepkg  - Extract the contents of a tar+GNUzip package
       (such as a Slackware  software  package)  in  the  current
       directory.

SYNOPSIS

       explodepkg package [ package2, package3, ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       explodepkg  uncompresses  and untars Slackware *.tgz pack-
       ages, or any archive that was  created  by  compressing  a
       tarfile  with GNU zip, in the current directory. It is not
       usually used to install packages, since it doesn't execute
       the  installation scripts in ./install or ./var/adm/setup.
       The primary use for explodepkg is in package maintenance -
       exploding  a package in a subdirectory, making fixes to it
       or upgrading the software, and then building  the  updated
       package with makepkg.

AUTHOR

       Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu>

SEE ALSO

       tar(1),  gzip(1),  installpkg(8),  makepkg(8), pkgtool(8),
       setup(8)