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diff --git a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8 b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8 index 2d77f10e..534f2084 100644 --- a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8 +++ b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8 @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ installpkg \- install Slackware packages. .B \--menu ] [ +.B \--terse +] +[ .B \--ask ] [ @@ -47,9 +50,9 @@ for use with the Slackware Linux distribution onto your system. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \--warn packagename -Generate a report to the standard output about which files and directories -would be removed or overwritten if you install the package, but do not -actually install it. +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. @@ -67,6 +70,9 @@ Primarily used when installpkg is called from other scripts. 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. @@ -81,6 +87,20 @@ the values set in the tagfile for the entire package list. .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" |