pkgtool

NAME

       pkgtool - software package maintenance tool.

SYNOPSIS

       pkgtool

       pkgtool   [   -sets   #a#b#c#  ]  [  -source_mounted  ]  [
       -ignore_tagfiles ] [  -tagfile  tagfile  ]  [  -source_dir
       directory  ]  [  -target_dir  directory ] [ -source_device
       directory ]

DESCRIPTION

       pkgtool is the standard package maintenance tool  provided
       with the Slackware Linux distribution. It is called by the
       setup utility to perform system installation. It can  also
       be  called  without any arguments, and will then allow the
       user to install, remove, (or view,  in  the  case  of  the
       color  version)  software  packages through an interactive
       menu system. There are two versions of the pkgtool utility
       -  /sbin/pkgtool.tty  and  /usr/lib/setup/cpkgtool.  These
       function in a similar fashion,  but  the  first  one  uses
       standard  tty  text  output,  while  the  second uses full
       screen (and possibly color)  ncurses  output.   The  color
       version  depends  on the presence of the /usr/lib/terminfo
       terminal library.

OPTIONS

       Most users will not want to use any options  when  running
       pkgtool.   These  are  generally used only when pkgtool is
       run by setup.  Feel free to try them, but be careful.

       -sets #A#B#C#
              Install the disk sets A, B, C.  Seperate  the  disk
              set names by '#' symbols.

       -source_mounted
              When this flag is present, pkgtool will not attempt
              to unmount and remount the source device with  each
              disk.

       -ignore_tagfiles
              When  this  flag  is  present, pkgtool will install
              every *.tgz package encountered no matter what  the
              tagfiles say.

       -tagfile tagfile
              This  flag is used to specify from the command line
              which tagfile should be used for the  installation.

       -source_dir directory
              Used  when  installing  multiple packages from disk
              sets. This is the directory in which the  subdirec-
              tories  for  each  disk  are found. This isn't used
              when installing from floppy.

       -target_dir directory
              The directory where the target  root  directory  is
              located.  This  is  '/' when installing on the hard
              drive, or typically '/mnt' when installing from  an
              install disk.

       -source_device device
              The source device to install from. This is not used
              if you've provided the -source_mounted  flag.  It's
              usually used when installing from floppy, as in:
               -source_device /dev/fd0H1440 or
               -source_device /dev/fd1h1200.

AUTHOR

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

SEE ALSO

       makepkg(8),  explodepkg(8),  installpkg(8),  removepkg(8),
       setup(8)