NAME

pkgadd — install or upgrade software package

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

pkgadd is a package management utility, which installs or upgrades a software package. The package itself is an archive of files, and its contents have a directory structure format.

The following archive formats are supported:

The options are as follows:

-c conffile, --config=conffile

Specify an alternate configuration file instead of the default /etc/pkgadd.conf.

-f, --force

Force installation, overwrite conflicting files.

If the package that is about to be installed contains files that are already installed this option will cause all those files to be overwritten.

This option should be used with care, preferably not at all.

-r rootdir, --root=rootdir

Specify an alternate root directory instead of the default ‘/’.

This should not be used as a way to install software into e.g. /usr/local instead of /usr. Instead this should be used if you want to install a package on a temporary mounted partition, which is “owned” by another system. By using this option you not only specify where the software should be installed, but you also specify which package database to use.

-u, --upgrade

Upgrade/replace package with the same name as file.

-v, --verbose

Explain what is being done.

-V, --version

Print version and exit.

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

FILES

/etc/pkgadd.conf

Default configuration file.

/var/lib/pkg/db

Database of currently installed packages.

/var/lib/pkg/rejected/

Directory where rejected files are stored.

SEE ALSO

pkginfo(1), pkgadd.conf(5), pkgrm(8)