slackware-current/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8

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.TH INSTALLPKG 8 "22 Nov 2001" "Slackware Version 8.1.0"
.SH NAME
installpkg \- install Slackware packages.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B installpkg
[
.B \--warn
]
[
.B \--md5sum
]
[
.B \--root /otherroot
]
[
.B \--infobox
]
[
.B \--menu
]
[
.B \--terse
]
[
.B \--ask
]
[
.B \--priority ADD|REC|OPT|SKP
]
[
.B \--tagfile /somedir/tagfile
]
.BI packagename
[
.B packagename2 ...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B installpkg
installs single or multiple *.tgz (or .tbz, .tlz, .txz) binary packages designed
for use with the Slackware Linux distribution onto your system.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \--warn packagename
Generate a list of files that would be overwritten to the standard output, but do
not actually install the package.  The list is formatted in a suitable fashion to
use as a list of files to backup.
.TP
.B \--md5sum packagename
Record the package md5sum in the metadata written in /var/log/packages.
.TP
.B \--root /otherroot
Install using a location other than / (the default) as the root of the
filesystem to install on.  In the example given, use /otherroot instead.  Setting
the ROOT environment variable does the same thing.
.TP
.B \--infobox
Use /bin/dialog to display an informational dialog as the package is installed.
Primarily used when installpkg is called from other scripts.
.TP
.B \--menu
Use /bin/dialog to display a menu asking the user if they would like to install the
package(s) or not.  Generally used when installpkg is called from other scripts.
.TP
.B \--terse
Install the package displaying only a single description line to stdout.
.TP
.B \--ask
Used with -menu mode.  When selected, always ask if a package should be
installed regardless of what the package's priority is.
.TP
.B \--priority ADD|REC|OPT|SKP
When installing with the \-menu option, package priority levels (found in the file
"tagfile" in the package directory) are used to automatically install (ADD) or 
skip (SKP) a package, or to suggest recommended (REC) or optional (OPT) to the user
if a menu is displayed.  If a priority is set on the command line, it will override
the values set in the tagfile for the entire package list.
.TP
.B \--tagfile /somedir/tagfile
Specify a different file to use for package priorities (in this example, /somedir/tagfile
will be used).  The default is "tagfile" in the package's directory.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.B Install a font package for X:
.P
installpkg font-bh-ttf-1.0.3-noarch-1.txz
.P
Note that if a package is already installed, upgradepkg(8) should be used instead.
.TP
.B Create a backup of the files that would be overwritten if the package is installed:
.P
.nf
tar czvf /tmp/backup.tar.gz \\
  $(installpkg --warn font-bh-ttf-1.0.3-noarch-1.txz)
.fi
.SH AUTHOR
Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR makepkg(8),
.BR removepkg(8),
.BR explodepkg(8),
.BR pkgtool(8), 
.BR upgradepkg(8)