Generic Options

Each command has its own set of specific options and arguments. The following options are common to all commands:

--no-std-config

Ignore default (/etc/pkgman.conf) configuration file.

--config=conffile

Use an alternate configuration file instead of the default /etc/pkgman.conf.

--config-set="string"

Set string in configuration, overriding configuration file.

--config-append="string"

Append string to configuration.

--config-prepend="string"

Prepend string to configuration.

--root=rootdir

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

-V, --version

Print program version and exit.

-h, --help

Print the command's help (actually the manual page) if command specified. Otherwise, print this manual page as a help message.

--

Double dash “--” signals the end of options and disables further option processing. Any arguments after the “--” are treated as command and/or command's arguments. It helps to specify command arguments that starts with “--” and pkgman won't confuse it with an option. For example:

pkgman search --regex -- -lib
-- search ([i] = installed)
[i] alsa-lib
[i] p5-libwww
[...]

pkgman --regex -- search -lib
-- search ([i] = installed)
[i] alsa-lib
[i] p5-libwww
[...]

Commands

pkgman uses so-called commands, which always have to be the first non-option argument passed. The commands can be divided into the following self-explanatory categories:

Informational

pkgman-dumpconfig(1)

dump the configuration

pkgman-list(1)

print list of available packages

pkgman-list-dup(1)

print list of duplicate packages

pkgman-list-nodependents(1)

print list of packages that no other depends on them

pkgman-list-locked(1)

print list of locked packages

pkgman-list-orphans(1)

print list of orphaned packages

pkgman-printf(1)

print formatted list of available packages

pkgman-info(1)

print package info

pkgman-readme(1)

print the package's README

pkgman-path(1)

print path to package source

pkgman-isinst(1)

print whether packages are installed or not

pkgman-current(1)

print installed package version

pkgman-diff(1)

print the differences between installed and available packages

Dependencies

pkgman-dep(1)

print dependencies for a package

pkgman-rdep(1)

print reverse dependencies for a package

Searching

pkgman-search(1)

search the packages sources directories for package name

pkgman-dsearch(1)

search the packages sources directories for package name and description

pkgman-fsearch(1)

search the packages sources directories for a file in package footprint

Install / Update / Remove

pkgman-install(8)

install package(s)

pkgman-update(8)

update installed package(s)

pkgman-remove(8)

remove installed package(s)

System Update

pkgman-sysup(8)

update all outdated packages

pkgman-lock(8)

lock the package(s)

pkgman-unlock(8)

unlock the package(s)

File Operations

pkgman-ls(1)

print out a listing of the package's directory

pkgman-cat(1)

print out the package's file

pkgman-edit(8)

edit the package's file