54 lines
1.9 KiB
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54 lines
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Groff
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.TH pacsync 8 "Mar 17, 2002" "pacsync #VERSION#" ""
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.SH NAME
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pacsync \- package update frontend for pacman
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBpacsync <operation> [package] [package] ...\fP
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBpacsync\fP is a \fIpackage update\fP frontend for the
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\fIpacman\fP package manager. It keeps track of the versions
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of packages installed on the local system and the versions of
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packages on a remote server. This allows you to issue a single
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command and have you system's packages brought into sync.
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.SH OPERATIONS
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.TP
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.B "sync"
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Download a new copy of the package list from the server. This
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should be done regularly, usually before an "install", "upgrade"
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or "sysupgrade" command.
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.TP
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.B "install <package>"
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Install a new package. \fBpacsync\fP will first look for the package
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in the cache directory. If it is not there, it will attempt to
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download the file from the server. On success, the package will
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be installed. (Note that the downloaded file is also copied to
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a cache directory on your filesystem. You can delete it with
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"clean").
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.TP
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.B "upgrade <package>"
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Upgrade a package. This is the same as \fIinstall\fP, except a package
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is upgraded (ie, it is already installed in the system).
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.TP
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.B "report"
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Generate an upgrade report. This operation will compare all local
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package versions to remote versions, and then show you a report of
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the differences.
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.TP
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.B "sysupgrade"
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Full system upgrade. This is the same as report except after confirmation,
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\fBpacsync\fP will upgrade all packages that are not up to date.
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.TP
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.B "clean"
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This will remove all downloaded packages from the cache directory. This
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can/should be used regularly to free up diskspace.
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.SH CONFIGURATION
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Configuration options are stored in /etc/pacsync.conf. Currently there is only
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one directive.
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.TP
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.B "SYNC_SERVER"
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This should be set to the full URL of the download server closest to you.
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FTP is preferred, but HTTP is supported also, provided you have wget.
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.SH AUTHOR
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.nf
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Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
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.fi
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