From 995e933c974cbf5d219eb4022f99c465e43ba19f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dimitris Zlatanidis Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:30:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated manpage --- man/slpkg.1 | 34 +++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/slpkg.1 b/man/slpkg.1 index 72bafa96..1ba2b94f 100644 --- a/man/slpkg.1 +++ b/man/slpkg.1 @@ -24,59 +24,59 @@ Also uses the Slackware Linux instructions for installation, upgrading or removi .P .B -u, update .RS -Updates the package list and the database. +Synchronize remote repositories with local repositories and update the databases with the newer packages list. .RE .P .B -U, upgrade .RS -Upgrade all the installed packages if the newer version exists in the repository. +Upgrade the installed packages if the newer version exists in the repository. .RE .P .B -I, repo-info .RS -View information related to repositories, such as which repositories are active, when they were upgraded, +View information related to repositories, such as which repositories are active or when they were upgraded, and how many packages they contain. .RE .P .B -T, clean-tmp .RS -Deletes all the downloaded SlackBuilds scripts and sources. +Deletes all the downloaded SlackBuilds scripts, sources or packages. .RE .P .B -g, configs .RS -Edit the configuration /etc/slpkg/slpkg.toml file. +Edit the configuration /etc/slpkg/slpkg.toml file via the dialog utility. .RE .P .B -b, build .RS -Builds the Slackbuilds scripts and add the packages to the '/tmp' directory. +Builds the Slackbuilds scripts without installing them. .RE .P .B -i, install .RS -Builds and installs the packages in the correct order, and also logs the packages with the dependencies for removal. +Builds and installs the packages in the correct order, and also logs the packages with the dependencies for removal + with the remove command. .RE .P .B -d, download .RS -Download the current SlackBuilds scripts and the sources without building or installing them. +Download the current SlackBuilds scripts and the sources or packages without building or installing them. .RE .P .B -R, remove .RS Removes packages with dependencies if the packages was installed with '\fIslpkg install\fR' method. -Slpkg looks at the 'REPO_TAG' configuration to find packages for removal by default, except if you are using \fB--file-pattern\fR option. .RE .P .B -f, find .RS -Find your installed packages on your system. +Find and display the installed packages on the system. .RE .P .B -w, view .RS -View information packages from the repository and get everything in your terminal. +Display about the package information on the terminal. .RE .P .B -s, search @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Search and match packages from the repository. .P .B -e, dependees .RS -Show which SlackBuilds depend on. +Display which SlackBuild packages depend on from other Slackbuild package. .RE .P .B -t, tracking @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Check a procedure before you run it. (to be used with: -u, update, -U, upgrade) .P .B -O, --resolve-off .RS -Turns off dependency resolving. (to be used with: -U, upgrade, -b, build, -i, install) +Turns off dependency resolving. (to be used with: -U, upgrade, -b, build, -i, install, -R, remove, -t, tracking) .RE .P .B -r, --reinstall @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Do not skip installed packages. (to be used with: -U, upgrade, -i, install) .P .B -k, --skip-installed .RS -This a helpful option if you want to avoid building and reinstalling packages. +Skip the installed packages when you try to reinstall them. Note: This option affects only the dependencies. (to be used with: -i, install) .RE .P @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Apply it to see a static progress bar instead of process execute like building, .P .B -p, --pkg-version .RS -Print the repository package version. (to be used with: -e, dependees, -t, tracking, -w, view) +Display the repository package version. (to be used with: -e, dependees, -t, tracking, -w, view) .RE .P .B -P, --parallel @@ -206,10 +206,6 @@ When you use the install, build, upgrade or remove commands you should know that color will change to gray, if the package is upgradeable then it will change to violet, and if it is not installed then its color will be cyan. Also, if you try to remove a package you will see the package color turns red. -Example: If the package is already installed and the indicator color is grey and the option '\fB-r, --reinstall\fR' is not applied, -the package will skip from the installation and you will see a message '(already installed)'. -If the package is upgradeable, the installation will continue and the package will go to upgrade. - For the upgrade command, you should know, that you can upgrade packages from different repositories, if you edit the '\fI/etc/slpkg/repositories.toml\fR' file and remove the repository tag. Then the slpkg can't recognize the repository of the packages.