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pacman - Package Management Utility
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by Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
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<http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/>
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DESCRIPTION:
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pacman is a utility which manages software packages in Linux. It uses
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simple .tar.gz files as a package format, and maintains a text-based
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package database (more of a hierarchy), just in case some hand tweaking
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is necessary.
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pacman does not strive to "do everything." It will add, remove and
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upgrade packages in the system, and it will allow you to query the
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package database for installed packages, files and owners. It also
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attempts to handle dependencies automatically and can download packages
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from a remote server.
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Although the package manager itself is quite simple, the pacman tarball
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also comes with scripts that help automate building and installing
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packages. These are used extensively in the Arch Build System (ABS),
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used in Arch Linux <http://www.archlinux.org>.
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As of version 2.0, pacman can also keep your system's packages in
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sync with a master server. You can follow CURRENT and STABLE trees,
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or lock yourself into a specific version. See the pacman manpage
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for more info on this (--sync operation).
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INSTALL:
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--------
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$ ./configure
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$ make
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# make install
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If your man files are located in a directory other than /usr/man, you may
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want to edit Makefile and modify the MANDIR line accordingly.
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Note: Since pacman is compiled statically, you will need the static libraries
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for libtar, glibc and zlib.
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BUGS:
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If you find bugs (which is quite likely), please submit them to
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<jvinet@zeroflux.org> with specific information such as your
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commandline, the nature of the bug, and even the package database if
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it helps.
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COPYRIGHT:
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----------
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pacman is Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org> and is
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licensed through the GNU General Public License (see COPYING).
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pacman uses "libtar", a library for reading/writing tar-files. This
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library is Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Mark D. Roth <roth@uiuc.edu> (see
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libtar-X.X.X/COPYRIGHT for furthur details).
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pacman uses "ftplib", a library for sending/receiving files via FTP. This
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library is copyright (c) 1996-2000 Thomas Pfau, pfau@cnj.digex.net (see
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libftp/ftplib.c for furthur details).
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