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pacman - Package Management Utility
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by Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
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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, just in case some hand tweaking 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.
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Plans exist for dependency checking and remote file fetching, as well.
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See TODO for more info.
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INSTALL:
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--------
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$ make install
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or
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$ make DESTDIR=/your/path/here 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 glibc and zlib.
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BUGS:
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If you find bugs (which is quite likely at version 1.0), please submit
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them to <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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pacman is Copyright (c) 2002 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 further details).
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